Monday, April 14, 2014
Early Tomatoes
It was so warm last week that I could not resist picking up a couple of 4-packs of tomato plants. Late Saturday morning, I set them out in the garden and mulched them with straw. I also began planting a row of Mascotte beans, but I hadn't gotten far down the row when The Husband announced that we were supposed to meet some folks for lunch, so I had to quit. To be honest, I wasn't all that sorry to quit. Having decided to try "no till" gardening this year, I had to poke individual holes for the beans, rather than opening up a furrow with the tiller then running the bicycle-on-a-stick planter down the row. It was a pain. The ground was really too wet to be planting things, anyway.
Last night, we had stormy weather. After sunrise, the temperature went down instead of up. There's a frost warning out for tonight. Figures. The ONE YEAR I actually get to plant something early, and we have a late frost.
Maybe the tomatoes will be safe nestled in their straw beds.
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