Protecting tomatoes

My tomato plants have permanently moved to the greenhouse some time ago. The’re now too big to be moved inside the house at night. The nights are quite chilly at the moment, though, so I’ve taken measures to prevent the temps from dropping too low.

First of all I always have a water butt inside the greenhouse. This soaks up heat during the day and radiates it at night when/if it gets colder than the water temperature. This has a great buffering effect on the temperature in my small-ish (12 m2) greenhouse. Also I light three candles on chilly nights. It is amazing how effective this is in keeping the temperatures just a few degrees higher.

Onion bed

"Stuttgarter Riesen" and "Hercules"

Sowing

Gezaaid/sown (inside):

  • Courgette/zuchini “White Volunteer”
  • Courgette/zuchini “Ronde de Nice”
  • Pompoen/pumpkin “Uchiki Kuri”
  • Quinoa
  • Artichokes
  • Komkommer/cucumber “Burpless Tasty Green”
  • Stokbonen/Climbing bean “Blue Lake”
  • Stambomen/bushy bean “Processor”

Strawberries to be

Lambada

Zaailog / Sowing

Gisteren/Yesterday:

Geplant / Planted out:

  • Perpetual spinach
  • White beetroot
  • Lettuce (purchased)
  • Red lettuce (purchased)

Vandaag / Today:

Gezaaid/Sown:

  • Winter squash Harlequin
  • Spagetti pumpkin
  • Okra Clemson Spneless

Nectarine blossom

Lovely weather

Today we had a very productive day: DH built 9 meters of high fence to replace the one that went down in a storm a month ago. I spent the day weeding, repotting a nectarine tree, planting onion sets (in trays under glass), planting out 4 strawberry plants (Mara des Bois) and doing some cleaning out in the greenhouse. Very satisfying, but we will both be sore tomorrow!.

And the winner is…

Brandywine tomato. Sown on 10 March, above grond on 13 March!

In the garden today

Sowing log

Gezaaid:

  • Witte biet/White beetroot
  • Snijbiet/Chard
  • Pluksla/Lettuce “American red”
  • Sla/Lettuce “Amish deer tongue”
  • Guatemalan ground cherries (tomatillos)
  • Basilicum/Basil “Finissimo”
  • Koriander/Coriander “Pot luck”
  • Peterselie/Flat leaf parsley “Geante de Napoli”

Geplant/Planted (in greenhouse):

  • Plantuitjes/Onion sets “Stuttgarter Riesen”
  • Plantuitjes/Onion sets “Hercules”

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