Came home from work this morning to find the first female pumpkin flower os the season! Yay! Not one to leave things to chance, I pollinated it by hand with a male flower from the same plant.

Have several other females getting ready to bloom and think they should within the next 2-3 days.

Have around 20 tomatoes now growing on various bushes and lots of flowers which I went through and shook or tapped to pollinate. Some are finally looking like they'll reach a decent size. Tomato plants are finally looking really good now.

I'm really irate about the insect deliveries. Garden is looking good overall but have a bad insect problem which has killed off several good size pumpkin plants and seem to be attacking the green beans. Yet I'm still waiting for beneficial insects ordered three weeks ago. From the UPS tracking, the mantises and lacewings arrived (finally) in Abq at 1:45 this morning. But not on the truck for delivery. If they don't arrive today, they'll sit in the local warehouse until Monday. They were supposed to arrive on the 23rd. Next time I order insects, have to go ahead and pay the fee to have them delivered USPS.

Should go ahead and order more ladies now, so they can colonize and hibernate.