More Eggplant

Picture from 7/27:

Harvested on 8/2 (ate on 8/3, yum):

The eggplant is in full swing now.  There’s another one ready to be harvested this week and one probably a week away.  That’s a total of 4 so far this year.  I’m optimistic that one of the other flowers is about to form a fruit too.

Cutting Back Tomato Plant

I read somewhere that you can cut back tomato plants in the summer to prepare them for a late summer/early fall harvest.  I chopped both the slicer (on the right) and the roma back on 7/13.  Let’s see what happens!

You know I have to say it was deeply satisfying to cut these back.  I had one good harvest from each which I tried to eat all in one week.  It gave me an ulcer and neither plant produced another tomato.  I felt I was extracting my revenge.  I don’t think this was a good year for tomatoes though.  I’ve heard that from a number of friends that are more experienced than me.  What was your experience?

Eggplant Problem – Updated

The advice I got was that I left it on plant too long, should have harvested earlier.  Also the three new ones have doubled in size this last week.  Can’t wait!

Can anyone help me identify what is wrong with this eggplant:

Why am I so yellow?

I harvested it on 7/13.  It seemed to be getting less purple.  Plus there were two new fruit forming, so wanted to give them a chance.  I’ve had this curing in a paper bag since then, will let you know if it was just unripe.

Here are the other two on the same day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have this plant in a raised bed I made with cinder blocks.  As you can see I planted marigolds in the holes of the cinderblocks.  They’ve made the bed more aesthetically pleasing since this faces the street and my neighbor’s house.  More importantly though it has hugely reduced the amount of insect damage done to my garden this year.