tomato plant > quart mason jar

Thus far, Mother Nature has been kind. The weather has been mild. The winds have been gentle. The only bugs I find in the greenhouse are spiders. Many of them. Big ones. They love it. And they of course can stay.

All the landscapers out here say the gardens are a week or two ahead, and despite the late start I got in potting my tomatoes, they are sizing up like champions. It seems like every morning when I peel back the row cover, they are bigger than when I left them. It’s amazing. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again – I’m so glad I did not choose to start a farm last year, in the time of blight and rain. I’m not ready to bust out the party dress just yet, we still have pretty much the whole season ahead. But a month like this? I’ll take it.