Sunday, June 12, 1977

We had another light rain last night. The crops seem to be doing quite well by and large. Noted marble-sized potatoes or larger in the slope garden: Kennebec planted 3-24 and a larger potato under Norchip on hill patch planted 4-11. I also noted the first few potato beetles on plants of the hill patch. The vines on the latter are quite lush and of good color. The vines on the slope patch are very dark green (chicken manure ?), but are smaller than on the hill patch. Can this relative stunting be due to their southern exposure in dry weather ? Those on the hill patch are actually partially shaded in the morning. There also was another severe infestation of green worms on the hill patch cabbage. I also noted that corn of all ages is still sprouting from the ground. I planted a row of wax beans between the potato rows in the creek garden. 19 eggs today. I also found 3 eggs on the flood plain. Watered the J. artichokes and asparagus in the slope garden.

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