Category Archives: High Tunnels

It’s been a little over a month since we planted those little tomato transplants in the high tunnel.  What a difference a month makes! It is been a very mild spring, with no significant temperature fluctuations, and no roly-polys this year.  Thank goodness.  Our high tunnel has been relatively stress free for the first timeContinue reading “Tomato update”

Planting tomatoes in the high tunnel today. Another season has begun!

This is what our tomato field looked like hours before the first freeze. … And here is what it looked like the next morning.  Good thing we picked all the tomatoes! And here is what the high tunnel looked like after it got down to 28 degrees – warm and balmy inside!  Amazing! Looks likeContinue reading “First Freeze”

One tiny tomato blossom (not even open yet)!  Many more to come … hopefully SOON!

We have already had our first tomato crisis of the year.  A few days after planting our high tunnel tomatoes, nearly two-thirds of them were dead.  I came to discover that roly poly’s … that’s right, those cute little bugs your kids love to play with … were to blame. With nothing else around theContinue reading “Tomato triage”