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Our tomatoes are going in tomorrow. The plan is to get the bulk of our garden in by tomorrow. We planted potatoes, peas, cucumbers, & kohlrabi after work this week. The ground has been too wet with frequent rains to do much before now. And we had a freeze warning on Monday night. At least we’ve got terrific weather today and tomorrow.

I don't spend a lot of time on a vegetable garden. I plant primarily heirloom tomatoes .. they are a pain compared to the hybrids with disease tolerance .. but the taste is where most heirlooms excel. An old standard “Rutgers” may be my favorite. This year I threw in some green beans, and always 2 dozen Bell Peppers and a dozen banana peppers.

I grow potatoes in 5 Gallon buckets, but I confess, I do so more for the foliage. Potatoes spilling out of a bucket is a marvelous backdrop for my perennial beds. different textures make the Achille, coreopsis, roses, salvia and joe pyweed “pop out” And then of course in Sept, I dump the buckets and have no dig potatoes. The potatoes are started in 3” of soil in the bucket, as the plant grows every 3” I cover it up with compost until the bucket can't hold any more. I've got pot. plants that are a good 18” out of the buckets now.

I'm a lazy fat boy .. I don't dig potatoes, but oh my ... the taste of fresh new potatoes. Incredible.

I hope global warming takes hold ... I'm tired of covering plants this late in the season. May 11th is our frost free date.

Good luck with your gardening this weekend.