Tag Archives: tomatoes

Hailstorms and Tomatoes don’t mix…

We’re doing some serious (for us) tomato growing this year. And it’s all been going pretty well. We’ve figured out how to trellis those varieties that need it, kept the compost and biofertilizer up to them, and defended them from the dreaded 28 spot ladybeetles. So just as the romas were all ripening in quantity [...]

There’s always a first time for Passata…

And I think all in all, it went pretty well. Ever since the gazillions of tomato plants (in numerous heritage varieties) were planted in the Milkwood Market Garden, we’ve been waiting for this great day. The inaugural squishing of the harvest. And check out our new, fancy-pants passata machine! In the spirit of multi-function, it [...]

Tick Tock, it’s Tomato a-clock!

The last danger of frosts have passed – finally. It is officially time to plant tomatoes at Milkwood. And plant them we did. Oh yes, how we did. The plan here is to be awash in tomatoes by early February. We want tomatoes coming out our ears and out our toes. At which point there [...]

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