They may require a bit of coaxing, but with smart companion planting, home-grown tomatoes will be the best you’ve ever tasted
As growers of food, we must look for the silver lining during times of increasing environmental discord. This season I’m grateful for the beautiful summer and winter squashes that I harvested very early. I’m grateful for the hardy mango flowers that have clung on in defiance of the drought, which has dropped and dried out most of the early fruit, flowers and leaves from the avocados and guavas. I’m grateful to the Panama passionfruit that continues to thrive despite not being given any water or attention.
It’s the tomatoes that have me most in awe though. They have sent down deep lateral tap roots to search out moisture. They sustain themselves so resourcefully and continue to flourish in this scarcity. Of course we aid them by mulching generously so moisture and nutrients in the soil do not leach out.
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