Cans for tomatoes

I put tin gallon cans around my tomato plants just like my parents did in the garden. I never gave it a lot of thought until a few years ago. There are a few reasons to put cans around your new transplants. They are as follows: 1) it gives protection from the wind for the first few days. The wind in Kansas can be relentless. The last few days we have 30 to 40 mile gusts. 2) It can keep some small animals like rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks away from digging, chewing or plain eating your plant. 3) Bugs. It can keep ground crawler type bugs away from the plant. 4) They can be used in the watering process. I do not recommend this for the first 30 days, , but after they are close to full size. The one gallon cans are about the perfect quantity of water for each plant once a week unless you have adequate rainfall. The water in the can slowly soaks directly down around the plant and does not run off. The can saves water resources. So you may want to consider cans around your tomatoes. I get my cans from a friend who runs a restaurant and goes through about 50 cans a week. It works so give it a try.

Morels

Its that time of year again. Morel hunting has begun. I found my first Morel yesterday. It is getting to be just about the ideal conditions for morels to sprout. Morels like it moist and temperatures to be about 65 degrees to 75 degrees in early spring. Also morels do not like frost at all. This year is looking great with all the rain in the last couple weeks. Where do you find there mushrooms. You find them in wooded areas with dead tree limbs and leaves scattered on the ground. They especially like ash and maple trees for some reason, I am not sure why. It takes a trained eye to spot these mushrooms. After finding a few you will get your eyes trained to pick them out of the leaves and debris. . Here is a picture. Happy mushroom hunting.