Today is the 1st day of June and I guess most people mark the passage of time by the changing of the month on the calendar. I do also, but probably more importantly to me is marking time by noting the natural events that arrive. The things I watch for include: The first snowfall, the first robin I see in the spring, the first bloom, the first colored leaf I spot in the fall; you get the idea.
Yesterday I spotted another first for the year; the first bloom on one of my tomato plants. I planted the tomato seeds in the middle of March. I kept them in the house under a grow light until it was warm enough outside in my green house during the day, then I moved them back and forth. I put the potted tomato plants in the greenhouse during the day, then brought them into the house to overnight.
Finally, two weeks ago, when I figured it would no longer freeze in my unheated greenhouse, I planted the tomatoes into the greenhouse bed, and they have been doing very well. Yesterday the first one produced a bloom, and hopefully the other plants will get the idea and follow suit.
I am looking forward to noting my “First” ripe tomato.
See my paintings and Trivia for the Month of June at: davidmarchant2.ca
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