July 2, 2026
On June 19, I harvested more tomatoes. I found two of the San Marzano tomatoes ready to be harvested, along with more cherry tomatoes. One of the San Marzano tomatoes was attacked by fruit borers or some other type of pest.
The yellow patty pan squashes are prolific.
Walking around in the evening, we checked the fruit trees and looked at the last peach.
The sunset was pretty.
Blackberry Homestead 
So far, I’ve gotten four cherry tomatoes and I’m pretty proud of them!
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Why, oh why, did I plant 4 cherry tomatoes? I am overrun with them!
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I plant two only because I love the yellow pear and a sweet little red one, but even two is way more than I need to I drop little baskets of them at my neighbors….
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I can almost see it, “Quick hide, Julia’s bringing another basket of cherry tomatoes and squash. Just how much more does she think we can eat?” 😆
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Yeah, they tend to do that. I planted 2 last year and was so sick of eating tomatoes. I ended up sun drying them. This year I only planted one and it’s been much more manageable.
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My plants grown from seed were behind, so Bruce bought a four-pack. I couldn’t abandon three plants, so I planted all four. The ones I started from seed are a different variety, bigger, and not as productive.
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Yuck on the ruined tomato, but the others are very pretty. I like those patty pans, too! You do have the most magnificent sunsets.
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That’s what I thought, yuck. Unfortunately, several more tomatoes were ruined. The tomatoes lower to the ground seem to attract the worst pests. The upper section attracts the tomato hornworms. We’ve had so many of those lately.
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I had not had much luck with tomatoes due to cutworms. A couple of years ago, when I planted a cherry tomato plant, I surrounded it with marigolds, and had no ruined tomatoes. I called them my little tomato guards.
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I hate cut worms with a passion. They cut an entire plant down for just a little bit of food. At least with tomato hornworms, if the plants are big enough, they recover. I didn’t realize that marigolds worked that well.
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Can you make tomato sauce? 😄
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I can and did! We had some as part of supper and got rave reviews from Bruce.
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Sounds like you’ve solved your tomato dilemma! 😄
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👍 At least for now, anyway.
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Hmm, will we someday see Blackberry Homestead brand tomato sauce on grocery store shelves? 🤔
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That would be way too much for retirement life! 😆
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Hire a staff. Use the proceeds to buy an RV and go see the country! 😂
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😆
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I wish I was closer. I would love some of your fresh vegetables. 🙂
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And I would love to share them with you! 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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