How's your garden faring this year?

Mine got a late start. I wanted to go hard-core and grow everything from seeds. I have two crops – hot peppers and basil.

The day after I transplanted my lovely seedlings from the egg-carton, my squirrel friends excavated my planters looking for their buried peanuts, and killed my baby plants.

I guess they noticed the dirt activity and in their minds that means, “somebody buried a peanut!!”

So I started from seeds again in April.

Short version: I have 1-inch peppers. I am guessing I can eat them in two or three weeks.

My basil plants are 2 feet tall. I will cut them in a week or two and make pesto. Last year I learned you can cut basil plants to about six inches tall and get another harvest in a month.