June 23, Tuesday

Very hot and humid in my back yard today. Watered the bed and picked some greens for dinner. Now here's the good news. I counted at least 12 little tomatoes on one plant and finally spied the first tomato on the other. With many, many more blossoms on both plants. Whaddya think? July sometime?

Finished mowing the back and finally hit the back with the string trimmer. Also discovered one possible reason why my basement has been taking on water. This is the status of some of my gutters:

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Saw the gutter full of samaras (maple seeds) when I was on the roof last month trimming branches. There's no soil to speak of, maybe just some blown-in dust and shingle grit. Yet the little buggers grow. I'll get them out when the weather's a little more temperate.