With all the rain we’ve had this spring, things are growing at breakneck speed – not the least of which are the weeds! Our mild winters in the past couple of years have also been a bit of a curse as I firmly believe that they’ve resulted in weedier and buggier growing seasons. Even previously well-behaved ornamentals on the north side of our house such as sweet woodruff and lily-of-the-valley have become aggressive in their spread.
As is usually the case each year, I went from being on top of things in the early spring to falling behind - now I'm playing catch up. There have already been some setbacks in the veg garden but, overall, things are looking good.
In this post, I'll concentrate on what's happening in Area #1 and first up are the tomatoes. I’ve reduced the number of tomato plants I'm growing this year from 28 to 24 (which I spoke about
HERE) and am spreading them out over 3 beds. One side of each bed holds tomatoes, while the other is planted up with a different companion (eggplant, basil or beans).
 |
Tomatoes (right) partnered with eggplant
|