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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Tomato trellising and building hoop structures




Our tomato plants are growing fast! Most of the plants have gotten big enough that some kind of support is necessary, so I have been busy trellising the plants when not working with the kids. At Mulino the tomatoes (as well as everything else) are growing so big so fast that I was hardly able to fit them into a trellis! We got our first ripe tomato today, which is not too bad considering we are still experiencing cool and cloudly weather at the end of July.

At Silverton, the deer are back. Over the winter and spring they only caused a mild disturbance, but during the summer they have been out in full force. Thus far our harvest out there has been pretty limited because the deer seem to come take a few bites of each thing the kids plant. Last week I decided to go ahead and build a hoop structure to hold up the deer netting in the summer, it will also work as a cloche over the winter, which is exciting because it will extend our growing season. The pictures are from our gardens at Jose Pedro and Silverton.

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