Black beauty eggplants

The eggplants are on their way. I have 2 black beauty plants, which are about 24" high. The eggplants themselves are about the size of a softball and growing quickly. Despite the many problems of the adjacent tomato plants (also nightshades like the eggplants), the eggplants are doing well and showing no sign of any disease.

Growing tomatoes

The tomatoes were struck with blight (tomato blight: Yellowing leaves with black spots). I have pruned off all the parts that were affected - huge swaths of undergrowth. The yellow tomato was pruned almost to death. All this wet weather naturally caused the spread of mold and spot diseases. I believe the blight has spread to the nearby eggplant.

Spring planting

Seedlings from Russells in 4 inch pots: $3.99
Planted 6 tomato seedlings. From east to west: Yellow Pear, Better Boy, Purple Krim, Celebrity, Golden Girl, Smarty (grape).
Planted 3 egglants: 2 Black Beauties and an Ichiban
Planted 3 peppers: jalapeno, cubanelle, red bell
Planted 3 basil from home depot.
Planted red onions from Gus.
Also added Tarragon, Thyme, Parsley and Rosemary to the herb bed. I'll see if I can cage or bottle the rosemary to keep it alive through the winter...
Altogether spent another $57 on seedlings.
I also planted sweet corn in the southeast corner and started kentucky blue beans and french beans on a bean teepee. I've planted them in mounds and covered each mound with a milk jug. We'll see if that keeps the critters out. It was a little too windy today to transplant the bean seedlings from the sun porch, but they are 6 or 8 inches tall and ready to in the garden.