The cold wet April was followed by cold wet May, cold wet June and cold wet July. We have been breaking all records for lousy weather – the average daily high for the last 4 months has averaged about 4 degrees below normal. Only 5 days have exceeded 70 degrees during the month of July and sunny days have been few and far between. Needless to say, it has been a struggle to grow anything that requires warm temperatures. Seeds for corn and early plantings of beans, carrots, etc. just rotted in the ground. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant would have been a complete failure if I were not using black plastic ground covers and clear poly covered hoop houses. Here is what my tomatoes looked like in June.
