Weed pressure: Low - Sense of satisfaction: High

Mary Mary Quite ContraryHow does your garden grow?With vermiculite and florescent lightAnd 57 days worth of photos:(1,059 photos to be exact)http://vimeo.com/44329318/This is the time of year when we step out of the house and into the garden and feel like heroes.  The potential for a season of bountiful harvests is everywhere.  Floppy green squash leaves fan out all over the yard.  Curly bean tendrils reach out to grab hold of the bottom trellis rung.  Shoots of corn stand proud and orderly in their weed-free beds.  We've already harvested blackberries, strawberries, lettuce, chard and spinach.  And a riotous flock of six new peeping chicks chatter on in their brooder, waiting in the wings (heh heh) to take their place in the lifecycle of our yard.But our experience tells us this is a temporary state.  Weeds will eventually out-grow our ability to hoe them under.  Powdery mildew will return to render our squash fuzzy, grey and limp.  Septoria spots (a term I sadly just had to learn) on the lower leaves of our tomato plants will gradually make their way to the top asserting their ownership of plant and their superiority over us.  95% of our beets are already gone.  And too soon, many others will succumb to the invisible evils lurking in the soil and floating in the breeze.  And so too will will go our confidence.But while we have the chance, why not revel in our accomplishments, right?6 of our 8 bedsWeeds containedLettuce rejoiceBerry deliciousHolding tightCarrots tops from an ant's viewOur first 2Squash to beNot edible, but we'll probably let them liveSo we're enjoying it while it last.  Today, the first official day of summer, the heat index in Boston may reach as high as 107.  We'll wait and see what that does to the plants.In the meantime, if anybody has any good advice on dealing with septoria leaf spotting (below) on a tomato plant, please let us know.Eek!