The Tomatoes

May 7, 2010
At the Clackamas Chapter's OSU Master Gardener Spring Fair last week end, I bought four great tomatoes from Red Pot, where they gave me a discount because I am a Master Gardener. Great folks! I bought a Green Zebra, Brandywine (Sudduth), San Marzano (Nano) and a Stupice. It has been so cold and rainy that I have put them in a south facing window. Today, for the first day in almost a week, I put them in the sun outside, but have had to bring them back in to spend the night. The roots are filling their four inch pots already so I am going to transplant them into half gallon containers tomorrow. I'll pot up one more time before I put them in the garden. Bill and I are going to a work party at the garden tomorrow. We have to give at least four hours a year towards upkeep there, which isn't a lot.

Year Two: 2010 Spring

April 24, 2010 Well, here is another growing year. I had such a productive garden last year that we haven't even finished eating all the tomato sauce and vegetables that have been frozen. We are still eating out of the garden from the plantings last year. The purple sprouting broccoli is half gone and delicious. Even so, I have already planted several things: broccoli rabe and swiss chard (4/10) and two kinds of potatoes, Austrian fingerling and Kennebec. To keep the potatoes covered with dirt, i bought some wire mesh, cut it, wired it into two cylinders and planted them around the eyes. I hope I didn't plant them too close together. I will be disappointed if they are. I still want to plant some onions, but time is running out.
I still need to go downtown to pick up a load of coffee bags. I will place them in the walkways to prevent weeds from coming through the pasture. I need to buy some more compost, too, from Concentrates.
Next week-end I will be going to the Master Gardener Spring Garden Fair to pick up the tomatoes. I will look out for tomatillos and peppers, but they're going to be at the Oregon City Farmer's Market in a few weeks. Not to worry.