Getting ready to harvest some of my crop

 The peas are covered with pods that are starting to fill out. The beans have blossomed so they will be forming pods soon. The strawberries are starting to form berries after the blossom. And now, today, the summer squash has started to bloom. I'm getting excited with the coming of a crop. I can already taste some of these fresh vegetables. Growing up a dairy farmer, I was always excited by planting a crop, watching it grow, and then harvesting what we had grown. It's a good feeling. We work alongside "Mother Nature" to keep the food chain intact by providing for our families and others. We also face a few challenges from Mother Nature along the way. Hard storms, high winds, drought, bugs, and varmints. Squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits are always helping themselves to a meal so I use cayenne pepper to discourage them. This works well and is organic and non-toxic. The bugs are a little tougher to get rid of. Snails and slugs are deterred by sand but some bugs I can't control well enough without the use of a chemical dust . All in all, things are going quite well. Soooo......LET THE HARVEST BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!