Ask the Eatonton Gardenerd

The salad plate of early season jewels turning from green to red has been replaced by a platter of big meaty honkers. The slow waiting for ripeness given way to innumerable sunbaked treasures that seem to pick themselves as the bucket brushes the vine. The peak of summer tomato production, the high note, the glut of goodness, is here. Kitchens of family, neighbors, and friends gladly receive it. S…