Bad gardening year for me too!! First week of Sept and I just started to get some big tomatoes to turn red. The plants are just about kaput, but the tomatos are hanging in there. My Roma varieties did awful - no canning this year. Grape and cherries were not very prolific and they are usually very plentiful. I got some really huge ones this year - GIANTIQUE - from Gary Ibsen seeds - maybe 6-7 inches, but most are still green. Had our first "B"LT tonight (vegetarian bacon) with one of these tomatoes that did ripen and it was yummy. Will try this tart over the weekend at our garden community's picnic. This was THE worst tomato growing year ever here in Maryland. I planted almost 50 plants - about 5 pooped out with a fungus, but the rest are still just "there" with a few tomatoes on them - mostly still green. WOW, 50 plants... I only did 6 (limited sunlight), and got a total of two - count 'em, TWO - ripe tomatoes before they all turned slimy/gray with blight. Oh well, hope springs eternal, right? We'll be right back at it next spring... PJH

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