tomatoes

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Dreaming of Tomatoes

Oh man, has it been a rough summer for the garden! Between a rough June for us healthwise, extended 100* temps and water restrictions on the acequia (curtailment) in July, and a late-to-arrive monsoon season here in the high desert, we're kicking off August at about 1/5th our original potential for production this year in our Kitchen Garden. Left are:…
August 8, 2016
Curly Leaf Virus

Curly Leaf Virus

A couple of weeks ago we noticed that a few of our potted tomatoes were looking a little ragged around the edges. Upon checking the soil, I noticed it was quite wet, so I removed the drip irrigation from the pot in the hopes that it would dry up a bit and allow the tomatoes to recover.  No such luck.…
August 1, 2013
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!Looking back on last years June harvests, I'm feeling more than a little behind.  I am , however, trying to keep in mind that weather is a mysterious thing.Last year we had a mild winter and a very warm spring which led to early germination, happy transplants and many early harvests (you can read a little about the…
June 17, 2013
Tomatoes Love Calcium

Tomatoes Love Calcium

If you have laying hens, you have eggs.  If you have eggs, you have egg shells.  If you have egg shells, you can have healthy, delicious tomatoes. So, this is your friendly reminder to save your shells, dry them up, crush them and add them to your soil when you transplant your tomatoes. You'll thank yourself for it later, I…
June 4, 2013
2012 Tomato Reflections

2012 Tomato Reflections

This was a big tomato year for us.  Not only did we plant more tomatoes than ever before, our yields were huge!  When all was said and done, we'd harvested ~170 pounds of tomatoes from 18 plants!  For the first time we were able to eat fresh tomatoes for six months straight (our first harvest was a Yellow Taxi on…
December 10, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!Well, I am happy to report that we finally harvested some beets! Three full pounds of them! These guys were planted in the late spring in one of my bio intensive beds (corn, bush beans and beets) as an experiment and did pretty well.  They were a little slow to grow, I think because the corn grew so…
November 26, 2012