OK, one gardening season under my belt and I learned so much!!
- Planting early really does make a difference. I think about this a lot as I look at my tiny little eggplants and just hope for a few more of these 70+ degree fall days. Next year, I'll be ready!
- Some years, there just isn't enough sun. I harvested TWO red tomatoes. Too bad I'm not hosting a Fried Green Tomatoes movie as I had hundreds of them! I take heart in the fact that I'm not alone after reading a recent local newspaper article dedicated to all us sun-deprived Seattle gardeners.
- When the seed package says, "Plant 3 feet apart," they really mean it. I planted 3 tomato plants and it looked like a jungle.
- Good soil makes a huge difference!
Stake plants before they get unruly. It is not possible to get a bigger tomato cage over the top of a tomato plant that has outgrown its too-small cage!
- Gardens are a natural draw for kids. There's nothing better than hearing my boys show off their garden to friends that come to the house.
- Home grown really does taste better, but... it does not necessarily make picky eaters into overnight vegetable lovers. Sometimes I just have to be happy that they will help grow, harvest, and wash the vegetable!
All of those green tomatoes that don't turn red before the end of the season, you can pick them wrap them in newspaper keep them in a cool place and in just a few days they will have ripened! You will have ripe red delicious tasting tomatoes for a longer period of time!
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