Update #2 - July 2025

Still haven't finished chapter 28 because I decided I need one more scene, and the weather has been too hot for my brain to function properly. Clearly I won't finish the first draft of the book by the end of July, sigh.

Gardening is going OK, although now that slugs are less of a problem for the beans, the Japanese beetles have arrived. At least they don't go for the tomato plants to any great extent. All of them are setting tomatoes now, so a lot of them should be getting ripe by the end of the month. If I have an oversupply, I'll freeze some - it will probably still be too hot for canning.