This morning a squirrel carefully checked the perimeter of the new fence trying to find an egress point. No luck so far. Last year one climbed the sunflowers that come up every year from seed the goldfinches scatter and chewed sunflower heads. We had a very dry year last year - the third in a row - and I imagine some of his food sources weren't available.

Even though the sheltie chases birds and things, it is more in the nature of herding than catching and the wild things seem to know it.

In addition to the usual tomatoes, I am trying various squash again this year. Usually the borers get them before I get much, but I haven't grown them in a couple years, so perhaps the in ground population has died. I can always hope, right?