Most everything is coming up in the garden.  I'm still waiting for the squash to appear.  The biggest problem I have is that something is eating the string beans.  I thought it was slugs.  I put out a pie plate of beer for 2 nights but haven't caught a single one.  Either they dislike cheap lite beer or something else is munching.  This is the first year I've gardened in the Front Range so I am not fully acquainted with my insect garden foes.  Perhaps I have cutworms.

In my flower garden I have 9 rose bushes that are in full bloom.  I have noticed that the air in Colorado really holds scent well (good and bad).  Last night, I could smell my roses half a block away.  It's a sweet and spicy scent.  It's been a huge learning curve so far as I never have grown roses due to the fact that they are very hard to grow in North Dakota, where I used to live.  I have been dueling with the aphids which are challenging to even the most experienced organic gardener.  I have 2 boys squishing as fast as they can.  Just when we thought all was lost, the calvary moved in--lots of ladybugs and their larvae!  There's hope!!