Getting hung up on tomatoes; compost temp, raspberries

     Tomatoes tend to grow very large in our hothouse, and each year we need to support them (especially the indeterminate varieties which grow large.)  We also try to limit their foliage to some extent to keep as much air circulation as possible in the hothouse and prevent fungal diseases.  You can notice that we built the hothouse with sliding glass windows on the east and west sides to create air circulation. Illijana did the first supports today and pruned back some of the leaf growth.

I started a new batch of compost yesterday.  Temperature in the drum today was 116 degrees F.  I expect the temperature to be 140 - 150 degrees tomorrow.

Plant of the day


One of my favorite sections of the garden are the raspberry bushes.  They produce a wonderful crop each year.  They are just beginning to ripen in our coastal location.  Yummy!