Late September

Our large tomato plants finally succumbed to the late blight. We were able to pick about a half bushel of tomatoes from the four Paragon plants in varying degrees of ripeness. The fruit looked good for the most part when it was picked, but after being washed and set on the counter for a couple of days, the effects of the blight became apparent. So far, we have only thrown out about ten of the greenest fruits that were affected. With many of the tomatoes that are ripe, we will simply cut out the blighted sections (the blight poses no danger to humans according to our Cooperative Extension).

Interestingly, the Cherry Sun grape tomatoes are still looking healthy.

Recently, I was struck by how quickly the leaves on the trees are changing.