Tomato in a container

May 1 is a common date on planting tomatoes in our area. Frost is unlikely to occur. This Mountain Bell cherry tomato will spend its life on my deck. My pasta tomatoes are in the garden. To read about growing tomatoes in pots or the field, check out these 2 pubs. http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/mf2873.pdf - containers

http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/mf312.pdf - tomatoes

Peas Growing Like Weeds

The spring weather isn't getting the tomatoes off to a fast start, but the cool-season vegetables are growing well. These peas are looking good. I hope you got peas planted because the spring is the only time we get to enjoy these. The soil is too warm for good germination for a fall planting.

Aspargus Harvest

Last week, I started harvesting asparagus. This is a patch that has been there for 35 years. Harvesting will continue for about 7 weeks when all of the spears are the size of pencils. At that point, the spears need to be left to grow into food producing factories for next years crop. The spears grow rapidly in warm weather and everyday harvest is necessary. Spears are tender when harvested 10 inches or shorter by snapping them off at ground level. Asparagus beetles usually do some feeding on the tips. I haven't seen them yet. It has been too cool for them.

Smell of Spring

Too bad I can't insert the perfume this plant produces. I clipped some blooms off of this Korean Spice Viburnum and have them on my desk. I would wish that everyone had at least one of these in their landscape. The plant gets about 5' tall and wide. Mine gets morning sun and then shade for the rest of the day. Consider this plant for yourself.