A combination of factors resulted in lanky tomato plants this year. It’s hard to provide enough sun for the young plants through a window. Ours is east-facing, so they get a blast of sunlight in the morning, then reflected light for part of the afternoon. This year, though, the weather has been unusually cool and […]
Finally, I had caught up enough with chores to start disassembling the tomato cages here on our edible landscape in the District of Columbia. The tomato plants seemed to have given up the ghost weeks ago, although the reappearance of August in October stretched the growing season to unheard of lengths. But lookey here! Two […]
A stillness overtakes the garden as the plants pass their prime. Or maybe it’s just lack of expectation that removes all tension from the air. The fall crops–lettuce, radishes, arugula, greens–are ready for occasional harvesting. But all the jubilant growth of summer–the real fireworks in the vegetable patch–are missing. The tomatoes, for instance, are mere […]
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