Hi Rebecca. I'm always interested to hear how folks from other climates are gardening. I'm in a zone 2 in Canada so we are under 3 feet of snow and while it's not so bad right now by tomorrow we will be under a huge deep freeze again.
I've had my greenhouse opened about 5 or 6 hours a day the last week so my tomatoes seeded in early January and early February are out there basking a few hours a day and then inside under lights for a few more hours.
I have the first blossoms beginning to form on the earliest plants (these will stay in the greenhouse all summer, I'll seed the plants for outdoors in about another 2 weeks from now.) I get very excited as the promise of fresh tomatoes for our table begins to become evident.
One new tomatoe I'm trying this season is 'Tumbling Tom Red' It's a container cherry tomatoe I thought might be nice both in the greenhouse and on the deck through the summer months. I also grow a yellow cherry tomato and full sized both red and yellow in the greenhouse.
I haven't decided what the list will be for the summer garden tomatoes but I can't wait to turn the new bed we prepared last fall. We will place a plastic hoop over the bed and be able to get the tomatoes in the ground earlier in the spring.
Oh man it's coming soon now!!
I hope you'll come back and tell us how you're making out.
