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| Stewed tomatoes, peppers, white onion, and cilantro. |
Moving into the new home place in February, there wasn't much chance to build beds and build up the soil. Salsa ingredients aren't demanding and tolerate unprepared soil well, so I planted the both existing beds with tomatoes, onions, and peppers. Knowing that I would be busy with many other things, I eschewed open pollinated varieties and planted Burpee hybrid Romas. Despite the unusually long stretch of 105+ degree days and low rainfall, they have produced admirably. So much so that they shaded out the peppers and onions to a degree.
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| Existing raised bed |
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| Tomatoes, peppers, and onions |
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| Pepper with wood mulch |
GARDEN EXPERIMENT: The new place had a large pile of wood mulch onsite when we bought it, so I planted half the garden with 4" wood mulch and the other half with 4" of straw. I have seen no discernible difference in growth or production between the different mulches. Good to know.
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