-It's more fun to throw rotten tomatoes at the wall than into the compost bin.
-Planting basil right next to the tomatoes is a very bad idea. They won't get enough sun and die, and by the time you have a lot of ripe tomatoes all the basil will be gone.
-Late blight hasn't hit my garden (yet), but some of my tomatoes have an unknown disease, especially the Brandywine and Mule Team ones.
-Ignoring the okra for 2 days leads to 10 inch long pods or pods with a 2 inch diameter. It's okay because they still taste good.
-We all agree that eating fried okra every night is not a bad thing.
-Sun helps make tomatoes sweet, and a weird, wet, cold Summer means none of my huge red ripe tomatoes are sweet. The Hawaiian Currants are sublime though.
-Cutting the Hawaiian Currants off the vine is better than pulling them. They tend to split easily, then get moldy before you can eat all of them.
-It's impossible to convince an 18 month old not to pick the green tomatoes.
-By late Summer, the squash have mildew and the zinnias have rust.
-Even with a small garden, sharing the harvest with friends and family is necessary.
-With a small garden, it is hard to do a second planting for Fall, especially if nothing is dead yet, leaving you with no empty space for the dreamed about chard and beets.
-The unknown volunteer winter squash are still unknown. Prolific but unknown.
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