Deluge

We were soaked with 5 inches of rain on Friday and Saturday, bringing our monthly total to 7+ inches. The soil is saturated right now and the hot, humid weather is keeping it that way. There is also a deluge of raspberries, which is nice to see. We made some raspberry jam last weekend and have been freezing whatever we can't eat.

On the pest front, there has been an increasing number of Japanese beetles inhabiting the raspberry canes as well as the sugar snap peas and some of the perennials in the front yard. We had a hunting party this morning with a jar of soapy water and captured a couple dozen.