Finally a weekend at home

It has been five weeks since I had a full weekend at home, which is a little insane during gardening season. I guess that is why my plot looked a little rough, to put it mildly. But I created some order this morning, and I am already thinking about next year. Several crops just do not do well in the community garden, because of the hordes of pest. Cucumbers, some zucchini, and beans are very challenging to grow with organic methods when they are in the middle of forty or so garden plots. Next year I am going to bring a few selected things back to our yard and integrate them with the design of the mixed borders.

As the photo makes clear, we are getting some tomatoes now. After a month of drought, we just had a lot of rain, so I would expect that the indeterminate plants will set on some nice fruit. I sure hope so. Last night I made the pictured salad, which was just a sliced tomato on a bed of sweet onions, sprinkled with some basil, and finished with olive oil, salt and pepper. I wish that I could report that it was life-changing, but the truth is that this tomato was not very good. It was a little mealy, lacking in acidity, and it had very little tomato flavor. I wish I knew which plant it came from, so I would know not to plant that variety next year. I'll have to keep my eyes open.