Play Time & Tomatoes

The weather outside is blowing, in the pass it's doing some snowing, it's the time of year for gardening, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain.

He, he, he, so we stayed inside and played all day. We take lots of pictures, which he's hamming up for in this one and we watch cartoons and vacuumed, he loves to vacuum. We played with the cat, went grocery shopping, rolled a ball around the living room, and we slept. We just have a great time together--no matter what the weather is like.

And around here, folks are really complaining. but I've noticed some greens really looking luscious over at the garden plots. I so was looking forward to going there yesterday. I thought the grandbaby would like to water plants with his new yellow duck watering can, but I'm telling you, it was miserable. A friend of mine said she was afraid to go outside it was raining so hard, and another friend said the power went out. On Mt. Rainier some hikers got caught in a blizzard. They were just out for a day hike when 70 mph winds came in and lots of snow. Sheez!

Well back at the gardening tomorrow--I hope. Don't remember any other years like this that the rain stayed so late. Hopefully the tomatoes won't blight. We tend to have that problem around here. The plants stay to wet and even though it's cold, it's warm enough to grow a mold that kills the leaves and makes bigs spots on the tomatoes. A neighbor puts an umbrella over his plants, just attaches it right to the stakes. Then when it's raining a lot, he opens it up, viola, instant blight protection. I usually plant under the eaves, next to the house. Then the eaves protect the plants. It works well, and in the fall the plants last longer before blighting. You can also make little tents over them--keeps them warmer and dry. And in the Pacific NW, never water them from overhead.

Growing tomatoes in Spokane and Yakima was an entirely different thing. The heat was great and they grew like mad. Only thing I had to do in Yakima was pluck off horn worms and toss them in the chicken coop. Spokane never posed any problems, except for early frosts.

Well, enough complaining. If you can't grow them, buy them. And right now, be sure they have stems on them so you don't get sick.

Ciao!