A Potato Famine in Your Backyard?

New England gardeners should be on the look-out for late blight, the mold infestation that caused the Irish potato famine, according to the Boston Herald . The disease is rarely widespread in the Northeast, but authorities say that this year’s rainy weather has given the mold a boost. The disease affects tomato

plants and potato plants in equal measure. Tomato plants have already been pulled from big-box retailers up and down the East Coast, but gardeners should inspect their tomato crop for signs of blight. Blighted plants are contagious. [ Herald ]

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A Potato Famine in Your Backyard?