Cool, wet weather in the Northwest

This week has been very cool (50's) and wet (1 in. of rain today) in the Pacific Northwest. Good for lettuce and the kales. Not good for tomatoes and eggplants. I'm glad I decided to include a greenhouse in the design of The Parking Space Garden.

The garden is practically complete now. This week I planted eggplant and more basil in the greenhouse. Outside I planted carrots, onions, kale, two kinds of zucchini and cucumbers. Within the next month, when all of these plants spread out, the garden will be full.

I also bought two pieces of concrete reinforcing mesh at Home Depot. I bent these into a rectangle which I set up over the tomato plants. This should give them a good strong support system as they grow vertically.