Tomatoes 2

 The tomatoes -- especially those under the dying elm tree -- continue to produce enthusiastically, undeterred by the earthquake, hurricane, and other heavy rains. Well, many, many of the cherries, especially, do split from too much water. We still have plenty to eat and share. I pick a pound or two every week.

Almost none of the slicing tomatoes have done well. The ones up front in the box wood have blossom-end rot, though a few fruits escape that fate and are quite tasty. I feel certain I did not replenish the soil in the box garden appropriately and that's why no veggies did well there. The cukes were pathetic, the snow peas blah. Nearly all of the green beans, which remain vigorous and producing, are planted in the ground outside the box.

I didn't water the leeks Vicki gave me and they are too small. She gave us some of hers and I made a soup, which turned out okay. She gave me sweet potatoes, too, which look promising now that we've had tons of rain. Below are the Monticello zinneas that self-sewed from last year.

Bought two new blackberry lily bulbs (corms? sets?) at Lewis Ginter's sale this month. I've been avoiding the garden as my allergies are painful this fall, but it's lovely today and I couldn't stop myself. I see that squirrels dug up one, but left it. I replaced it; hope it does okay.