Ruth, your Garden Club sounds like fun! Very interesting herb ice cream flavors. I am always looking for good ways to use fresh herbs from the garden. Thanks for the mailout update!

It was very hot today and is suppose to be very hot again tomorrow. I pulled some pinto beans I was growing that was not doing good with this heat. It was my second planting to see if I could get another batch of beans but did not work out. I got about a pound and half in spring of pinto beans from the first crop. My peppers seem to be tolerating the heat. I transplanted indoors four small sprouts of my recently started dwarf tomatoes into individual containers as it was getting crowded in the one container it was in. I did plant Louisiana Long Green Eggplant in late spring that is just now starting to flower and is doing good in the hot weather. Looking forward to a Fall eggplant harvest!

Good morning everyone 😊 ☕

My dwarf tomatoes are coming along. At the pace they are growing I will be able to transplant into the garden next month. Hopefully the heat will be a little better by then. I got two definite sprouts on my recently planted Orangelo Thyme and possibly more that I cannot say due to being small sprouts. I will try my luck again at growing garlic and plant some rounds in the Fall.

Annie, I am happy to share my Cherry Falls pack with you. I will only be using half the seeds and will save seeds again after harvest next year. I will drop an envie in the mail to you this week for it. You should get my earlier envie for the swap this week.

Jeanne, I have never been to any kind of luau before either. Happy to hear you had fun!

Annie, please let us know what kind of garlic you will grow later and how it comes out. I am very new to growing garlic and still learning!

I have been reading up on herbs lately and learning their uses. Is anyone familiar with the herb yarrow? Have you grown it or know any old family uses for it? Looks like it makes pretty flowers. I think I will plant some!

Square: I did not find any Square city or town in Louisiana. But we do have Jackson Square in New Orleans:

Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

The square is named for Andrew Jackson, who was credited with victory in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans and later became the 7th president of the United States.