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Today's harvest of 27 lbs 1 oz... Y-T-D total 172 lbs 8 ozs.
I am getting a little lazy as there were a couple times when on my way to the cabin I would pick a few tomatoes for lunch and supper that I failed to weight. Also with this picking there were probably two to three pounds that had spoiled on the vine for various reasons, bugs, birds, and just rotted because they were not picked in time. The birds don't seem to bother the yellows nor the blacks. Guess I'll plan on planting more of those next year especially Black Zebra. It has been a real winner as far as production and taste and it a real beauty to look at.
It's down hill from here on out as far as the toms are concerned. It time for the okra to do its thing. Wish I still had toms coming in. I love okra and tomatoes. Now that I have the garden in shape for next year the okra will go in earlier than it did this year.
Earlier I remarked how I didn't care for Health Kick because of the tough skin. However it's doing well in this heat as are Indian Stripe, Black Zebra, Chocolate Cherry and Chappy X/L Red, Arkansas Traveler, and Porter Improved. Of course the yellow cherries are going nuts in this heat, except they are only about the size of my thumb nail. I don't bother picking them much anymore. Since June 12th we have had 28 days of triple digits with a couple 105's and 106's and a 107º.
As I think back some of my best gardens were in hot dry years - fewer insects, less fungi & mildew, and this year because of soakers and drip system hardly any weeds.
Anyhow here's looking to the Fall and next Spring...I have my straw bales for Fall and Spring already in storage and a good supply of horse manure from stable clean outs that is starting its aging process. Some of the manure was cooking (steaming) when it was loaded in my P/U. Now alls I have to do is water it down and keep it covered with a plastic tarp.
Jerry
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