Wondering how my garden’s doing?

Strawberries are sprouting (do strawberries sprout) all over the strawberry plants.  And a few of them are almost ready to be picked and enjoyed.  They’re still only pink – I’m waiting for them to be ruby read before I sample.

 Now the tomatoes are a different story.  Yes, they are also sprouting (?) all over the tomato plants.  There are lots of tiny little tomatoes shaping up.  But they seem to be far from changing colour.  I wonder if this is a good time to try making fried green tomatoes…

I do seem to be having a small problem with the tomatoes though.  A few of them have started to rot on their bottoms.  Do you think I’m over-watering?   We’ve had almost no rain this summer (i think it’s rained only a couple of millimeters only once this month) and it’s been hot and sunny.  I’m wondering if I’m overcompensating.

Not pictured: Herbs!  What do you do with pineapple sage??  It grows beautifully… but then what?  I do know that some of my fresh spearmint will be going into a Mojito later today.  And I completely forgot that I had sprinkled some Basil seeds over some soil in a pot when I planted everything else.  I left the pot on the deck floor, shaded by the shelf of my BBQ. I’ve neglected that poor pot of basil – but I remembered it yesterday and it’s gorgeous!  I will have no trouble figuring out how to use the basil.