We spend quite a lot of time pruning tomato plants. We grow indeterminate tomato varieties. These vining types respond well to training. Our goals are to increase the yield of beautiful tomatoes and to reduce plant disease by increasing air flow through the foliage.
Entries Tagged as 'tomatoes'
Pruning Tomatoes: Are you growing tomatoes or foliage?
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Farm Folks, Farm Work
Farm Blossom Series: Set #3, Peas, Raspberries, Thornless Blackberries, Tomatoes, Black Locust
June 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · Crops
This is my third set of blossom photos. Three weeks ago I set a goal to photograph the blossoms of each of our flowering crops this year. The flowers will be coming faster and faster now as we enter summer. Of course, we usually never see the flowers of a number of crops that we [...]
Tags:Black Locust·blossoms·flowers·peas·raspberries·thornless blackberries·tomatoes
What potatoes and raspberries have in common.
May 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Crops, Farm Folks, Farm Work
It has been several weeks since I wrote a general farm update. Since then we’ve planted, weeded, given our spring school tours, harvested our first crops, started our vegetable starts sales, opened the farmstand, welcomed our first Farm Tots, and signed up more Free Choice CSA members. We’ve been very busy, and pretty much stayed on [...]
Tags:beets·bok choi·carrots·chives·compost·essential oil·Farm Tots·farmstand·frisee·kohlrabi·lettuce·lovage·mint·mustard greens·onions·oregano·peas·plant starts·planting·potatoes·sage·salad turnips·sorrel·summer squash·sweet corn·tarragon·tomatoes
A month of unforgiving deadlines and green releaf.
April 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Farm Folks, Farm Work
Here we are already, closing in on the end of April. I haven’t written here in a while, partially because we have been more than busy on the farm working to stay on schedule, and partially because my writing urges have been directed at Twitter. Now that my blog has this spiffy new home, I’ll [...]
Tags:apples·blueberries·compost spreader·cover crop·coyotes·crows·CSA·Farm Tots·farmstand·fieldwork·geese·heron·lettuce·peas·planning·plastic mulch·pumpkins·rain·raspberries·rowcover·seeds·soil·spading machine·Spring·squash·summer squash·thornless blackberries·tomatoes·tractor·Twitter·Weather·wildlife·winter squash
Still waiting for spring to decide it is really here.
March 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Farm Folks, Weather
Today is a gray & chilly day, with rainstorms forecast for the next couple of days and a cold & wet couple of weeks coming up. The official start of spring was a week ago today. While most of March was cold and wet, we have had some beautiful days. The daffodil buds had been [...]
Tags:bok choi·CSA·frisee·kale·lettuce·salad turnips·spinach·tomatoes·Weather
Seed catalogs: Love them, but don’t give them your complete faith and trust.
January 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Farm Planning
The blog is back! This year we will see if I can keep it going through the busy season. I’ll try to keep my entries short, so I don’t get hopelessly buried. We are planning for another great year at the farm. The first big round of planning is complete and we have mostly decided [...]
Tags:herbs·onions·pumpkins·seed catalogs·tomatoes·winter squash
