Gardening in 2025
2025 was another good year for gardening. We had only a tiny bit of hail damage in May and June, and a lengthy period of warm fall temperatures. I had the usual great green bean harvest, plentiful cucumbers and melons, and exceptional crops of peppers and tomatoes.
The difference-maker for me, this year, was commercial fertilizer. I used a modest amount of Dr. Earth fertilizer in my tomato and pepper beds this year and was rewarded with a bumper crop. I put 18 pint-size freezer bags of 6-7 peeled plum tomatoes in my chest freezer along with eight pint containers of tomato sauce.
Plastic containers of peeled plum tomatoes.
A pot of chopped tomatoes ready to be turned into sauce.
Massive quantities of excess tomatoes is my big takeaway from this gardening season. So many curries and stews are going to be based on this surplus over the next six months.