Oh lordy lordy Lee that is a gnu joke to me too!! I had to smile and not at your expense with your description of your dog eating that first ripe tomato. My tomatoes are later this year but I did notice one of my ultra-early varieties (Stupice) starting to turn yesterday after reading your posting. My Stupice is earlier than the cherry tomato plant which is huge now. I have enjoyed snap peas, lettuce and snow peas but heck they all grow well in the cold and don't mind frost either early on.
So what do you do for japanese beetles Lee? My friend across the street use to just squish them. I hope we get them under control here. Our yard debris is quarantined and the Dept of Agriculture puts a substance on the ground which affects them in the grub stage. I have not ever seen on on my property yet.
Hang in there Skip.
I feel blessed that my knee finally seems to be responding to anti-inflammatory stuff. It felt better using a couple of Aleve per day. After searching the internet I found that tumeric was suppose to be a decent anti-inflammatory. I bought some fresh tumeric root and was eating that in the morning (about 10-12 grams of fresh root minced or possibly up to 500 mg of Curcumin) I did that in the morning and took one aleve at night. Last two nights I skipped the Aleve and seems to be OK-ish. I store it cut up in a vacuum sealed freezer bag.
We'll see.

I know a few that swear by tumeric.

We use the beetle traps.

I don't like to use the grub killing lawn treatment every year. Only if they were out of control the previous year. Its probably been 5-6 years since I last applied.

Good Morning,
Have not seen any beetles yet this year, but generally use traps when we have them,
I have a trap for rabbits, but they just use it to get higher up to eat veggies
I've had large green tomatoes for several weeks will not ripen, storms keep blowing over cages, squash has been blooming profusely for four weeks but no squash
I try not to use any chemicals in garden, though neighbors do not appreciate manure used for fertilizer
Continues VERY HOT and HUMID

Ended up hiking yesterday during t-storm that came in when I was 1-1/2 miles from my car. Kept dry with rain gear but lightning makes me nervous. Counted 5 beaver lodges along the way.

I used to knock Japanese beetles off the plants into a can of kerosene.

Finally called my bank about checks that went into dumpster and found out the stop payment fee is only $25 for all the checks, not for each one. Now have to contact all the companies and arrange payment, explain why they’re late, etc. Ugh.

Decided to hike with DD Friday, weather today shows more T-storms.

Asked My doctor about appropriate COVID precautions, she said it would be quite safe (although not 100%) to visit family if I wear an N95 mask, they all wear masks and we stay 6’ apart.