First Tomatoes

Well, the first tomatoes of the season are always doomed to be eaten just a little underripe. Later, when we have more than we know what to do with, we'll let them ripen more fully. But for now... mmmm the first tomatoes!

On Thursday, Bill got busy and took down the rest of the big old dead privet at the back of Buddy's house.



Unfortuntely, now we can see the cracks in the old stucco!

Bill made two trips to the compost facility to get rid of the brush, so he brought back a load of compost in the process. We'll use this to side dress the plants. I already put some around the melons and the peppers in row 8.



Then, Rick C decided that tomato was ripe enough, so he picked it.



And ate it.



On Friday, I made flatbread, and we shared the first ripe yellow tomato.



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Weather Note

The ripening tomatoes are a clue that it's HOT! It's finally getting to that serious Chico summer heat. It was easily over 100 yesterday, and forecast for 106 today. Nights are only dropping into the high 60s or low 70s. At our house, the AC has been on for a week, with no opportunity to rely on the fan to cool things down.

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