I am sure that some of you more experienced gardeners reading yesterday’s post might have observed the dry crusty leaves, absence of cages, “branches” that needed pruning, and the fruit that needed picking from my last shared pics. I just wanted to share an updated picture from today.

Today I spent time removing many of the dried, dead leaves, the broken “branches” and the ripe fruit. See, I waited until today because there was so much fruit that needed picking, first. All other times I or Jack attempted plant cleanup or fruit pickin’, unripe fruit or entire vines would fall to the ground. Today, I removed all of the ripe fruit and then, tidied these little guys up. Remember, I’m the Gardener for these particular plants. I know what I’ve tried or what my husband the occasional waterer has tried to do before that has lead to weakness and destruction and had I done anything sooner, it would have led to a far smaller harvest. Lesson—As onlookers, or observers it is real easy to judge what needs to happen in someone else’s garden. The issue is sure we might know how to grow tomatoes, but every type of soil has a slightly different make up. The weather in each area is a little bit different. The weather and wind can even be different from one yard to the yard right next door, and those conditions can affect plants of the same variety in completely different ways. One variety or one individual tomato plant just might need a little bit more care and concern. I think it is best to just trust the Gardener with the garden he’s tending! That’s MY lesson anyway!