Despite the heat and humidity here in Georgia I am so glad when summer arrives. Watching the plants and animals off my back deck in the cool of the evening is nice. We haven't seen any dear yet. I think it freaked them out when we moved the garden. Every year we grow two rows of corn, have been for 20 years. If we get 3 or 4 ears we
are lucky. They eat it as fast as it comes in. We put in 3 rows of tomatoes, a lot even for us!
It has been a very dry year so far for most of us. My veggies don't like it but the aloes don't seem to mind at all. We got some peppers and some cucumber plants and that is going to be it. i should be eating my aloe vera. Apparently  a lot of you out there have learned that it is only for external use. One thing I do know: When you cut leaf it has a strong, not too pleasant odor. But it is claimed that aloe vera juice or concoctions made from whole leaf aloe. BTW young aloe plants have only very small amounts of their 'miracle cure' ingredients. It has to be 3 years old and concentrate the trace elements  in sufficient quantity.