August 2009 Garden Notes

Starting tomatoes early and transplanting them under hoop houses in May worked great, except for the sunburn.

Next year, plant a sunflower next to each tomato as a living stake.

Next year, plant beans and corn earlier. Beans are not producing now, and they should. Plant beans with support structure...cow fence?

Plant squash and cucumbers from seed, in late May, perhaps under a garden blanket.

Plant potatoes in cages or something different. Do some more research. Straw didn't work so well.