No, not the Mega Millions jackpot from this past weekend, which is now at 103 million.
Nope, not the Powerball jackpot from this past weekend, which is now at 161 million.
What we got is “Late Blight”!
Late Blight, the disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century, is a very destructive and infectious disease of tomato and potato plants. The extremely wet weather we’ve had all spring and summer has created the ideal conditions, or perfect storm, for this disease to BECOME… When it hits, it hits hard and it hits fast. We noticed it on a single tomato plant on 7/25 and by 7/27, less that three days later, the remaining 24 tomato plants were infected, as we’re our single row of potato plants. I spent a couple hours in Sunday cutting up and bagging the plants to get them curbside for trash pickup, which is the recommend approach for the home gardner.
Sadly, we’re out of the tomato business this season, which means we’re out of the canning business too – VERY upsetting and disheartening. So much hard work all for not…
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