Fort!
Mean Mr. Sun is very hard on tomatoes ‘round these parts, so I asked the nice Ted to help me put up a shade cloth, and he went ahead and built this nice canopy:
Don’t the plants look pleased in their little fort?
Then, this afternoon, there was a huge and wonderful rainstorm, and I couldn’t resist venturing out into the yard to see whether my plants were getting any of this glorious water. What I learned was that the canopy works great, because the water puddles on top of it and then drips down gently in big blops, so the tomatoes get a gentle soaking rather than a pummelling.
Here’s a shot of all the water pouring off our roof. I suspect our little citrus trees were totally puzzled by this bizarre new “rain” concept. After all, water comes from little plastic drip tubes, right?
Don’t the plants look pleased in their little fort?
Then, this afternoon, there was a huge and wonderful rainstorm, and I couldn’t resist venturing out into the yard to see whether my plants were getting any of this glorious water. What I learned was that the canopy works great, because the water puddles on top of it and then drips down gently in big blops, so the tomatoes get a gentle soaking rather than a pummelling.
Here’s a shot of all the water pouring off our roof. I suspect our little citrus trees were totally puzzled by this bizarre new “rain” concept. After all, water comes from little plastic drip tubes, right?