Vegetable diary

Vegetables, weather, and a record of what to do differently.

September 23, 2026

Tomatoes

Planted late and staked badly. They still gave more than the two of us could eat, and the neighbors took the rest.

The compost pile

August 21, 2026

It works when it is wet and does nothing when it is dry. Grass clippings in thin layers, never a heap.

August 9, 2026

Garlic in October

Planted the cloves from the market, not the ones from the seed catalog. Next summer will tell if that was cheap or clever.

The bean frame

July 23, 2026

Bamboo and string held up until the first real wind. Rebuilt it lower, which the beans did not seem to mind.