Tomato Update

The tomatoes are really doing well. Today we found a few blossoms have set, the vines are growing rapidly, and there are many open blossoms. We put wire cages around each plant to keep them better contained and possibly to help be able to cover them when the weather gets cooler and extend the harvest. Notice that we cage them by using bits of wire fencing cut and bent into circles. This is far cheaper than purchasing tomato cages, and they last many years. We also use these same cages for pepper plants to keep them from falling over as they can get so heavy with peppers that branches break off or the plant bends to one side and touches the ground. Growing Anaheim peppers is on our list for next summer.

You can also see the bird netting we made to keep the zucchini plants safe in the background.