I do actually enjoy this part of the growing cycle, but it just feels too soon
It does, doesn't it, News!
I cleared a load of loosestrife the other day, and while I like the front garden to be full of stuff like weigela, dogwood etc, it's already looking tired, and it won't be long before I'm in there with the strimmer to clear all the dross etc...
We always have new geraniums in pots around the place, usually pillar-box red, and they've only just got going this week, which is madness! They'll be dead soon if all this goes on much longer! Our begonias are a delight though, and are a cert for next year!
I'm sorry about your toms - they really have been battered unmercifully with friends around here this year, but as a confession to you a lovely chum, I have used quite a lot of
Bordeaux Mixture this year, which has kept it all at bay, well, so far... Please don't tell the 'thought police'...