Vegetable diary
Vegetables, weather, and a record of what to do differently.
Tomatoes
October 1, 2026
Planted late and staked badly. They still gave more than the two of us could eat, and the neighbors took the rest.
September 7, 2026
The compost pile
It works when it is wet and does nothing when it is dry. Grass clippings in thin layers, never a heap.
Watering
August 20, 2026
A barrel under the gutter covers the beds for most of the summer. A lid keeps the leaves out.
Garlic in October
August 11, 2026
Planted the cloves from the market, not the ones from the seed catalog. Next summer will tell if that was cheap or clever.