Tomatoes Seeds starting in summer for Sept. Planting

I bought a variety called Heatwave Hybrid from Burpees.  The package says it will produce even if temps are 96 degrees.  Everyone knows how our heat devastates tomatoes.  This should be interesting.

I bought a variety called Heatwave Hybrid from Burpees.  The package says it will produce even if temps are 96 degrees.  Everyone knows how our heat devastates tomatoes.  This should be interesting.

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly loves to lay eggs in my Passion Vine

Carrot Thinning is Brutal....But Necessary

Okay, I admit it.  I hate to thin carrots, turnips, beets, lettuce...you name it.  Every time I have to pull up a plant it just hurts.  Other years I have done what I needed to do.  This year something happened inside of me and I could not bring myself to thin them.  I talked myself into believing that they would have enough room.  I knew better.  So what happened?  A bumper crop of "baby carrots".  Not bad, but not really what I was after.

Tomato Still Life

There is just nothing like a nice basket of fresh tomatoes from the garden.