Anonymous-0
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Over all it has been a good year. We got planted late due to cold wet spring. Then the middle of June the rain just shut off and have very dry since then. Sweet corn could have used some rain as the ears were developing but in spite of that we had a lot of ears - just small, but tasted very good. Have had the best ever eggplant crop. Tomatoes are doing great. Due to the cool 1'st half of Aug we had green beans and lettuce longer than usual. Watermelons and cantaloupe are many but need rain to get more size to them. Okra is producing well. Potatoes, peppers, beets, zucchini and carrots not doing well due to lack of rain. We have had fewer pests than normal, but have also seen a big increase in assassins so maybe they're keeping the pests from getting a foothold. Ticks were really bad early and chiggers have been really bad all summer. Have seen more dragon flies this summer and fewer lightning bugs than I can remember. Cicadas (chicken candy) have been more plentiful, grasshoppers a little less than usual.