Sometimes harvests are less than stellar. But we still celebrate whatever we get, and smile at what we learned. These two are examples of a few less than thrilling results in this year's garden due to a shitshow of bad soil that we'll never use again and a weather mess this spring that was less than predictable to put it mildly.
The grape tomato is usually one that's incredibly prolific and this year? The heirloom yellow pear variety I chose has not only been sparse on the vine, the taste was dull AF for a fresh tomato - the kind you can pop in when cooking but would not want to snack on, unfortunately.
And the jalapeno? Same thing. Well, not on taste because it is a jalapeno, but as far as sparse, absolutely. Only ONE jalapeno pepper on the vine and no other blooms, and zero growth of the plant along with most of our other chili peppers. These came from a couple different growers, and I've successfully grown chili peppers in cool climates like the Oregon Coast so it's definitely the soil quality first and foremost, and that of course is why I'm now making our own soil.
So with that - lesson learned, and pivoting for 2025 is in progress...
“Gardening is not a rational act.” ~ Margaret Atwood
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