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| Garden in early summer |
I was not able to start seeds as early as I normally do since I spent two weeks out of the country during prime seed starting dates. Nonetheless, this worked out well, because...
The main gardening season got a late start due to a frost that occurred on May 13th - just days after giving away all the extra tomato plants I had grown. I was able to protect the tomato plants I had just planted before the cold weather hit. Luckily, only the tips of the tomato leaves were frost-bitten and the plants were able to survive. However...
Early summer sure was a wet one - the entire east coast was flooded by hard rain for about a month. At first I thought the rain would be good for the newly planted vegetables and fruits, but alas, there is a point where you can get too much water. The tomato plants became infected with leaf spot due to all the wet weather. Fortunately, the tomatoes continued to grow and produce an overabundance of fruit!
Ryan (AKA, Emanuel Labor as he called himself) and I removed two raised beds that were falling apart and he rebuilt me an additional two new 12X5 foot raised beds. My garden now has a total of 240 square feet of space. At first I thought this was not enough (I NEEDED more), but I think I have come to terms with this amount of space. Of course, I do reserve the right to change my mind in future years!
This year has been the best gardening years by far! There are too many successes and very few failures to recap so below are some of the highlights and things for me to remember for next year:
