2012 Veg Garden Tomato Update

The tomatoes LOVE the plastic covered cages! After the last two seasons, which we call tomatogeddon, we are thrilled with the progress. We started from seed a bit late so they are still small for the date but there are already flowers so I am sure we will get fruit none the less. Sweety, gold pear, Siletz and an heirloom rainbow blend along with one earlygirl all made the cut to the garden.

2012 Veg Garden Raspberries

We didn't clean up or prune these raspberry canes at all but they're covered with ripe and ripening berries. Did you ever notice the berries grow in bunches of 4-5 and one is almost always very ripe, one just a little less ripe and so on so that you harvest one berry from each bunch every few days? We pick just the darkest ruby red berries for the absolute best flavor.

2012 garden beds are ready for planting.

We're trying 'no till' gardening this year so just 'the claw' and our hands doing the work.

2012 Veg Garden Starts are Underway

5 different tomato varieties along with summer squashes, lemon cucumber, pumpkin, purple broccoli, carrots, radish, lettuce, spinach, garlic chives, cilantro, basil, thyme and oregeno. I am hoping the end of la nina will equal a good tomato harvest.