Notes from the garden

A small notebook about vegetables, weather and what went wrong this year.

Tomatoes, again

Six plants went in late, after the last frost warning. The two by the fence did best, which says more about the fence than about the plants.

Compost, a year in

Turning the pile every other week made less difference than keeping it damp. Eggshells still show up whole in spring.

Rain barrels

One barrel is enough for the beds. The second one mostly collects leaves and mosquitoes.