Sun, 17 Aug 2008

Bites
My tomatoes are being bitten by a garden critter. I'm losing my crop. Every time I go out the the garden, there are tomatoes on the ground that have bites out of them. If the critter is going to steal my tomatoes, at least it could eat the entire fruit. It's distressing to me. I love to can tomatoes, but this year, as was the case last year, I don't think I'll get enough. My plants started off tremenously this year. The first fruits are large and meaty. The next fruits are questionable at this stage. I'm hoping, but I'm starting to see signs of blossom end rot on some of them. The combination of that and the critter damage is reducing my harvest. However, the tomatoes I have are really yummy! The photo shows my backyard in the heat of summer. Lots of shade makes it a bit cooler.


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