Finally, we have tomatoes. Tiny green ones, that is. This will go down
as the worst summer on record for our garden. Our tomato plants just
never took off. We were a little late getting them in their pots this
season, planting them all by mid-June. But I thought they'd catch up. They should be tall and full by now. Instead, the poor things are thin and spindly and they haven't produced at all.The rainy June didn't help.Nor did the steamy July. Our harvest should be rolling at this point, but instead our plants have just begun to fruit. If we're lucky, if we don't get blossom rot, a hurricane or some other mishap, we might have tomatoes by late Sept. Wow, what a disappointment!
Fortunately, the lettuce, eggplants, peppers and herbs are doing well. I got a few cukes too, though not the harvest I'd hoped for, and the heatwave knocked off the vines. I was able to save our blueberries from the mockingbirds by netting them.
Still, without tomatoes, I'd have to call the season a bust.
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| These plants are way behind schedule. |
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| The eggplants are tasty, stir-fried with some green market onions. |
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| The lettuce has been loving it this summer. I have had salad all season long. |
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