I'll start with the bad news first. We had storms go through here last night. When I went to the garden today, I was extremely upset. The one tomato plant had blown over cage and all. One of the stems had a severe split. Others were split or bent. This was especially true of the Beefmaster tomatoes. The other tomatoes didn't sustain as much damage. The Beefmasters are tall and heavy plus the wind was enough to throw them around. I went to the hardware store and bought some tomato stakes, twine and an axe. Then I pounded the stakes into the ground and tied up the plants. I wasn't able to pound the stakes as deeply as I would have liked, but I figure I'll drive them deeper into the ground each time I water. I was only able to do this to about 4 of the plants. It was so hot and I had missed lunch by the time I was working on the fourth stake, I had lost all strenght and had to call it a day. I could barely lift the hatch to pound the stake. I'll take care of the other two plants in that row tomorrow when I go to the garden.
All the tomato plants are full of tomatoes and a lot of them are a pretty good size. This makes them heavy and the cages we had are really too short for them. I told Mary the other day that we needed to get them staked up. That's what percrastination get you.
Here's what the tomatoes looked like after I staked them. I've tied them up so much it looks like they were trying to escape. And I think they were. They had spread all over the place
The good news is we now have little eggplants. In fact, we have 3 baby eggplants. Below is one.
And Cantaloupes!!!
The leaves on the cantaloupe plants have grown so much since Tuesday, that I was having a hard time finding them. On Tueday, I counted 7. Today, I could only find 5. I don't think anything is eating them. I just think that I couldn't find them.
Every thing else looks just fine--none the worse for the storm damage. They are calling for scattered storms tonight again. Well, it's summer time. What can you expect? I hope the tomatoes survive.
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