The good news is that I pulled up a radish and it was way bigger than I expected and very tasty.
I also hilled and mulched my potatoes, they are getting huge and looking quite healthy. But I found the first potato bugs of the season, about 10 of them. 
My beans and sunflowers came up, but then a critter ate most of them; my dad thinks maybe a crow. I planted them again and this time I covered them.
Garden predators were out in full force as the crow was not the only creature to pay me a visit. One of my biggest cauliflower plants disappeared, leaving only a sad stump in its place. I am sure that woodchuck went to sleep with a full stomach and is dreaming about the rest of my juicy, delicious plants. I have to say he is smarter than he gets credit for since I only uncovered the plants yesterday (they were getting too big for their row cover) and he has already found them.
I'm trying to focus on the good and exciting things from this beautiful day and remember that I still have five healthy, thriving cauliflowers.
I wrote this post last night, but before I posted it this morning I went down to the garden to make sure that all of the plants were still alive...they weren't. The woodchuck has chewed a hole through my row cover and eaten my biggest plant.
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