Barbara Pleasant growing gardens tomatoes blights suburban yards
Is it fall already?
I've lost my seasonal orientation, because this summer I've been keeping two gardens - our big food garden on the Blue Ridge (Zone 6) and my mother's lovely yard down in Mobile (Zone 8). Except for making me feel kind of dizzy sometimes, this dual life has certain advantages.
With my tomatoes, I was hundreds of miles away each time the cool drizzle set in, so I was spared the torture of wondering: "Is this the day late blight strikes?" We came within an angel's breath of disaster; there's a volunteer in the garden's darkest downwind corner that's definitely gone blighty. But the hillside tomatoes prevailed, so I can show you what several great varieties really look like, fresh from the garden.
