Tomatoes setting abundance in the fieldhouse… warmer temps last week delayed our next round of heavy pruning (the last planned for this summer). We’ll clean up the lower suckers to reestablish harvest paths.

Fruit are just starting to size up, harvest still 3-4 weeks away depending on weather.

Cool nights, heavy dew fall decorating the dill harvest.

Dandelion greens, fresh with milk.

May.

Nature’s architecture.

Nutrient transport systems.

Romaine leaf early in the season.

Slower varieties in our first succession are now fully in blossom… this is a BHN-589 tomato plant. No fancy name just a solid producer on a determinant plant which makes management in the tunnel less intensive.

Covers are now fully off and plants were staked last week. Staked variety is Rebelski.

Monday check-in on our early fieldhouse tomatoes. Quickest varieties (this is Cuba Libre) have their king blossoms fully open.

Row cover helped boost last week’s heat. We’ll remove the covers tomorrow and start to trellis them.

Bumble bees are now active for the year + wind = pollination.

A glimpse into the successions of tomatoes growing in the prop house at the moment.

The 1st photo features our first outdoor field crop which will be potted up to larger cells this week and planted out early May.

Second photo is our 2nd fieldhouse planting which will be transplanted next week.

Reckon we’ll start a series on why tomatoes are delicious and the fine work it takes to make bountiful harvests a reality.

Featuring a classic determinate variety for tunnel production (unheated greenhouses) BHN-589.

Seeded Feb 10. Transplanted April 7.

First set of blossoms are now well set.