Smoke from wildfires in the region has moved in over the last 2 days. The air is hazy and there is fine ash on everything outside. It is particularly noticeable in the mornings.
The fungus gnats are also out in full force, as they always are towards the end of gardening season. The sunshine is beautiful and the temperature is right, but the combination of smoke and gnats filling the air sadly makes a person more inclined to stick to indoor tasks.
We have begun to cover the tomatoes, peppers, and flowers at night. Not because of frost risk - the nights are still mild - but to keep the deer from eating everything in sight. They have been coming into the yard nightly and doing a number on sunflowers, asters, apples, tomatoes, lettuce, etc. They even tried a pepper plant and some bush bean plants (one time each, so these must not be among their favourite snacks). So far, they have left the winter squash alone. I hope they simply won't recognize the squash as edible and it will be allowed to grow to maturity unharmed!
The Dwarf Speckled Heart tomatoes are just beginning to ripen. What productive plants. These two tomatoes were much further along than the others:
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