After an inch and a quarter of rain yesterday the garden looked significantly better in the late afternoon. Of course that amount of rainfall did not break the drought and many crops are maturing in a moisture deficit, so I will temper my enthusiasm. 2020 will go down as the worst gardening year in my 40 plus year career. Hopefully, the back end will be worth the work I am putting into the later maturing crops like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and greens.
On a more hopeful note, the major league baseball season has finally started and my Yankees led off the celebration by beating the Nationals in a rain shortened affair in DC. Despite the absence of fans at the stadium and the canned crowd noise, it was a joy to be able to enjoy a quintessential summer pastime. As the commentators were quick to note, this is a 60 game sprint instead of a 162 game marathon, so those of us with a rooting interest will have to pay closer attention to the action as we approach the dog days of summer.
Finally, it was a day to celebrate poll porn! After a poll the other day showing Biden leading tRump by a point in Texas, yesterday's Quinnapiac poll pointed to a 13 point lead in Florida for the presumptive democratic nominee. That, combined with the Senate republican majority's feckless approach to coronavirus relief, has made the GOP the laughingstock around the country.
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