Wednesday, June 8, 1977

**Frost in the [slope] garden this morning! Ther temp. on the carriage shed read 35deg. F, but the garden is about 20' lower. Tomatoes appear the worst hit, followed by lima beans, green beans and peppers. The creek garden seems least affected. Watermelons, cantaloupe, cucumbers, squash and corn all seem fairly resistant, as do sweet potatoes, although some leaves on the latter froze. Many tomato plants turned partly dark, as did the beans. Betty wormed Willy using Dog Kaps Wormer (Pfizer). She recovered a minimum of two large tapeworms as welkl as roundworms. I watered carrots, shallots and lima beans in the slope garden, lettuce and spinach in the creek garden. 20 eggs today. The field corn on the hill looks very good and is growing rapidly despite lack of moisture. Swallowtail [butterfly ] larvae on carrots and slugs are eating the top layers of leaves on the sour cherries. I picked the first blackcap berries.

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