In my last post on 4 March, I started the new homegrown vegetable season by sowing tomato seeds. I planted 3 tomato varieties in 9 little pots and left them to germinate. Since frost might still strike this region anytime between March and May, the future seedlings would have to sit on my veranda until …
We are in March and spring will officially arrive in 20 days’ time. The days get longer but the weather is still unpredictable. The night temperature remains between minus two to zero degree Celsius, with the highs reaching 8 to 9 degrees in the day. With the freezing temperature, I am afraid that the morning …
Our second round of tomatoes for this year. This time is the cherry tomatoes. We have two species of tomatoes in our garden. One species produces medium-sized round tomatoes; we started picking them a couple of weeks ago. These tomatoes are from the young plants from Jardiland, our local garden store. The second species is …