“Sergeant Bill”, on the surface, seems to have taken upon himself to kit up with a Crown Vic, play policeman, and bust a boatload of meth heads. With the willing co-operation of the town mayor, CoP, and three of the five cops employed by the town. At least 17 lawsuits (claiming millions) are in the works, the mayor is facing impeachment, and the town needs a few billets filled on the police duty roster. (No word on whether any of the folks he “arrested”, without any warrants mind you, were actually meth users, dealers, or producers.) If Billy Boy actually has cleaned out the town of it’s drug problem, I would almost say he had done a sadmirable job. But the real cops in that town, and the mayor, should all stand for bastinado.

Joe Horn, however, is just a guy protecting his neighborhood. I would have done it, too. Except i wouldn’t have called ES until after the echoes from the gunfire had died off. Some criticism has come his way since he shot the career criminals in the back. Some others counter with the fact that the perps were illegal aliens committing a B&E in broad daylight so therefore didn’t have any right to keep using up our oxygen. I am not going to stick my face in that hornet’s nest, feel free to hash it out in the comments. All I know for sure is that Mr. Horn is the kind of neighbor I want on my street. Assuming he doesn’t get killed by jackasses in retribution, I’m thinking there isn’t going to be any more burglary within a mile of Joe’s house.

This is beth alpha cucumbers, gioia della mensa tomatoes, cream sausage tomatoes, sungold tomatoes, helios radishes, and tropepo rosso onions.  The orchard baby corn will be harvested in the second week of July, and the sugar baby watermelons about a week after that.

The golden crescent beans are starting to put out pods, they are destined for vegetable soups.  The red rice beans have been planted at the base of the corn and will twine up the stalks.  The daikon radish nears harvest time, and new pots of carrots will be started soon.

The peppers are all flowering, with several HUGE fruits already on the red bell plant.  The poblano plant holds multiple little green strawberry-shaped peppers.  The strawberry plants themselves are getting larger every day, should start to bloom soon.  The various melons are running around and over everything in their path.

We haven’t shopped for anything other than potatoes in the grocery store produce section in weeks, and it’s been wonderful.