Independence Day is a benchmark of the gardening season here in the mountains of New Hampshire. In a successful year, the hope is for corn knee high by the Fourth of July, and that strawberries, peas and new potatoes will be part of the menu.
So, yes, the strawberries and snow peas are in, along with the first summer squash, kale and greens of all sorts. But it has been a struggle to sustain progress on other fronts, given the lack of rainfall, cutworm damage and other insect issues.
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