Tomatoes did pretty good, though not spectacular, for me this year. We grew more of the commercial kinds this year since the spring was so busy with building the new sections of garden that I didn't have any time to start seeds. The Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes did very well and were first to turn red - we got great bunches of salad tomatoes and they were amazingly sweet. The Roma's didn't do as well but we still got a few pounds of sauce out of 4 plants and next time I'll give them more room. Early Girl was just ok - I don't know whether it was the not amending the soil well enough yet or a bit of shade but they didn't do as well as 2 years ago.

All in all, I'm really satisfied with my yields of 2-3 pounds per plant in the new garden soil though I think I can do better with a little more work. Mine are still producing but they're definitely slowing down and I'm pretty glad since I don't can yet and I've given away as many as people will take.

Did anyone get those BIG green catapillers this year? I had several, man they give me the willies! They look like they had little long white bugs on them too.

Tom

Those long white bugs are the chrysalis of a wasp that is a parasite on the tomato horn worm. The caterpillar is dead but doesn't yet know it. Never destroy a horn worm with those parasites on it. And yes, they are revolting.