
Back when I first planted the community garden tomatoes, I swore I was going to keep on top of the suckers. Reader, I did not. On a whim, on Monday (when I was supposed to be doing a quick check before going away for a few days), I started going after suckers. I’m pretty sure I removed half their weight in leaves. You can definitely see the tomatoes better now. And I woke myself up in the middle of a night with a back ache bad enough to require some Advil. Oh well.

The haul for that day was a poblano, some eggplant, a few cherry tomatoes, two more huge zucchini, and more ground cherries (above is the cumulative collection).