On Monday, we got the green light to take over the three plots surrounding ours – #21, #23, and #28. This means we now have 6 plots at 15×20 feet each or 1800 sqft of garden real estate. We have plotted out the new sections and the July crop rotation for a few crops that will complete their growing cycle by mid-July (corn, cucumbers, cantaloupe, poppies). We are itching to get the garden into form but also itching because every time we break ground we unleash chiggers. Like many of our cucumbers in the coming days, we are in a pickle.