Tomatoes Down

Well, last night was evidently a catastrophe for my tomato plants. When I came out to water this morning, both had flopped over, twisting the cages they had been planted in. I wrestled with them for a while trying to get them to stay up through the use of stakes, twine, and lumber, but only by leaning them against the fence and reinforcing them with said lumber was I finally able to get them upright. Hopefully they will survive their trauma. They dropped about 6 tomatoes, most of which were green. I may need to make some green tomato pie. Our plants are loaded and heavy with fruit, so if this trauma kills them off, I'm going to be able to make several pies.

The good news is that from one plant I picked a beautiful, perfect tomato. Most of our tomatoes this year have been marred by deep scars that start from the stem and run down the sides of the tomatoes. I'm not sure if this is disease or pest related, or if the tomatoes are just growing too fast. I did discover that the tomato plants are home to quite a few mosquitoes. They got in a few bites while I was wrestling my errant plants back into being upright citizens of our garden plot. I also noticed that my long-sleeved white workout shirt looked like I'd been wrestling in turmeric after my struggle with the plants. I had no idea tomato plants had that quality to them.

In some other good news, I was able to finally win a game of Dominion. Jen and I played a couple of games, and I was sufficiently grumpy after loss #5 that Jen may not have fully pressed me and I ended up with a decisive win. I still like the game a lot, but I'm going to need to think about it differently.