Our tomato plants have enjoyed a couple of weeks of rain mixed with bright, warm sun. We expect our first cherry tomatoes any week now - we probably have 20 cherry tomato plants, in a few different varieties, as well as a few "big tomato" species.
These Strawberries are rated R.
Like fellow Gardenaut Dale, I'm finding that this season's failures outnumber the successes. The spring weather around here delayed everything two weeks. A couple of heat spikes killed off any peas that thought they'd benefit from the cold spring. Now, fall seems to have arrived early. Rainfall in August has doubled the norm, and October's clouds have parked their Winnebago butts in the Walmart parking lot of our sky.
Over the years I've developed a strategy that helps minimize the losses associated with bad weather. A garden plan to fool the devil. Plant one half of the garden for hot weather, one half for cool.
Though our tomatoes are as green as they were a month ago, there's one seriously bright spot in our garden. You guessed it smarty pants, it's the strawberries. Take a bite. Now wipe the drool off your chin. Like the small, beating heart of a gingerbread man, these strawberries are too delicious to be guilt-free.
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