July 27th, 2007
Despite the hot temperatures in the hoop house, the tomatoes are maintaining pretty well. It has been in the high nineties outdoors so the hoop house runs 10 to 20 degrees hotter.
I mist the plants during the day to keep the temperatures down, but still have some fried leaves when it got too hot in […]
June 13th, 2007
To quickly update those of you who are interested, my tomatoes are doing well so far. I harvested the first ripe tomato June 10, and ate all two bites of it right there in the hoop house. It was, of course, a stupice tomato. I am eager, well, actually impatient, for the next ones to […]
May 16th, 2007
I disappeared from the blog while I planted my tomatoes, which was not a simple undertaking. I am thrilled to now have 31 tomato plants in the ground in the hoop house. My legs and feet ache from all the digging, partly due to an old injury and partly due to being out of practice […]
May 7th, 2007
This is a companion article featuring photos to go with my post Growing Tomatoes in a Short Season Climate. The pictures show the rapid growth of the plants better than any amount of writing can possibly do.
I planted the tomato seeds March 14 or March 15, I have forgotten exactly which day. I photographed the […]
February 15th, 2007
Montana is a challenge for those of us who love avalanches of delicious home grown and vine ripened tomatoes. Since the last frost here is around June 1 and the first frost in early September, or, horror of horrors, sometimes even in mid August, the season is painfully short. The plants can be grown outdoors, […]
January 28th, 2007
At the most unexpected moments, small changes can initiate a cascade of life changing events. For me, a whole new cycle began with the decision to get a small used greenhouse.
My old greenhouse had been utterly destroyed by wind and my husband kept promising to build a new one […]