From the sublime to the worrisome, my garden on Sunday represented the calm before the storm. Full slideshow on Google+.

My early morning garden vigil revealed the beginning of harvests to come, as well as problems.

I’ve been spraying lemon cucumbers and tomato plants for weeks with milk and baking soda, trying to prevent and beat back the powdery mildew already present. My third spray of the lemon cukes in as many weeks turned up aphids as well. Those have to be my two biggest garden nemeses.

But, what appears to be blight on some tomato leaves is a greater cause for concern.

I’ll be removing these leaves as the season progresses. I may have to use an OMRI listed fungicide if the problem worsens.

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