tomatoes and frost

tomatoes! amish paste are the darker green ones along the outer and back rows. cherry tomatoes are the lighter green/smaller ones down the middle row.


i should have waited a couple more weeks before putting them in the ground, but they were getting so big they were falling over on themselves.


mortgage lifter tomatoes and onions


green bean trellises are in and seeds are planted


another view of tomatoes


rye, and the third and final soaker hose buried in the garden


because i jumped the gun getting them into the ground, the tomatoes are out there far earlier than is safe for this zone. we had two nights of freezing temps. rather than pull up all the tomato cages, i found a use for my scrap stuff.

the tomato tent i clothes pinned together for the two nights that got pretty close to frost.


backside of the tomato tent


they all lived and had no loss despite the intolerable temps for tomatoes.