It's June!

Well, May went out with a bang. Many of them, actually. Dr. Corncobb has blogged about last night's thunder and hail here if you'd like to see photos. I was at a hockey party during this storm, where it rained the entire time, wait for it, in the front yard, but not the backyard. So I missed the worst part of the storm, which is probably for the best, seeing as there's no way I would have enjoyed the party knowing what could have been happening on the farm! When you're a farmer, life revolves around weather of course...

Anyway, I woke up this morning raring to get to the farm to see what the threat of hail might have done to those tiny little plants. Turns out, nothing! Everything looks great, and the Wando peas (see previous post) and possibly a couple of cucumber seeds are spouting now. And lest you think I'm the only person growing things from seeds, N's zinnias started sprouting too:





In other news, I have a Farmer Dilemma. I planted a lot of tomato seeds in April, of three varieties. Six plants are in the garden now, and four of them (the early girls and the lemon boys) are doing great. The cherry tomato plants do not look happy. However, I didn't transplant all of the plants just in case (farmers need contingency plans). My porch is a little bit like a greenhouse, it turns out, and those tomato plants are twice the size of the ones in the garden. I'm thinking of ditching the cherry tomato plants and replacing them with the two healthiest (variety unknown) plants on my porch. Any thoughts on whether this is another case of farmer needs to grow some Patience, or if this seems like a Sound Farming Decision?
Thanks in advance for your help--farming takes a village, you know.


Farm Vitals
Yesterday's high: 78F
Yesterday's low: 55F
Warnings: Sunny again!
Mood of the farm: restless
Reason to consider a new career: At two parties last night, the only thing this farmer could talk about was, you guessed it, farming. That's gonna get old for people real fast.