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Tomatoes!
They've been called the "fruit of love," and we sure do love to eat 'em, especially picked fresh and sliced immediately for the table. But like our GardenPride reporters, you probably wait and wait for that first ripe, juicy delight and then find that your tomato crop just doesn't seem to stop! Solution: turn those extras into a multitude of delicious, healthful foods – everything from spaghetti sauce and cocktail juice to frozen pizza.

We've searched the Web for a wide array of fun, including some hard-to-find, tomato recipes so you can plan ahead. Get that printer turned on and ready to go!

Do-it-yourself landscaping
Follow along as a GardenPridestaff member takes you on a gardening journey. The yard has become a haven for butterflies and bees as the flowers and setting fruits of vegetables take over the newly dug beds. An ambitious, do-it-yourself project has turned the yard into a garden that brings back childhood memories and a summer of color. It also brought sore muscles and a healthy share of crabgrass! Stay with this project as it brings joy in success and humility with mistakes.

June Garden Calendar
There is a lot of work to be done in the June garden. Keep on schedule with this calendar.

Summer Lawn Maintenance
Summer is the time you either love or hate your lawn. It requires some attention in order to keep it lush and beautiful.

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Summer Starts With Rain Aplenty, Storms Too
Storms have caused some massive damage across the Midwest and South in last weeks of Spring, turning to Summer. Crops are moving at fast clip as heat units build and crops spurt. Corn is on track as we drive the rural American highways and backroads, and soybeans are jumping up the pant legs as fireworks stands dot the edges of towns.

Summer events are unfolding, with each town trying to outdo the other, often holding nearby events simultaneously. Car shows are kicking off as the large "rod show" at St. Paul Minnesota Fairgrounds comes to an end, with more than 10,000 vintage custom cars heading back to their homes near and far. As these cars gathered deadly storms swirled around the state, and surrounding states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Dakotas, even Montana. While the southern states and lower Midwest are frequently hit by violent late summer storms, many meteoroligists are suggesting stronger summer storms in store.

The "El Ninio Effect" of warmer South American west coastal waters do more to generate our weather than we estimate. The giant thermals warm and move air above that tilts the usual patterns of western air temperatures, and west to east flow patterns are often disrupted, and differentials of temperatures at altitude drive stronger "systems" of lows and highs. Like all pilots, this editor spends more than a little time as weather observor and amatueur meteorologist. No training can prepare you for all the eventualities, but flying has become more complex as regulations change.