michelleann1 Any advice on squirrel-proofing?

Sigrid @Paul D'Amico
Gardening advice is usually for the climate the largest group of readers is in. In England, this is the South. In Russia, it is Moscow, so I always laugh at the Brits who think if hey are north of the M25, they are practically at the north pole in gardening terms. I grow tomatoes outdoors in the Moscow region.

You need the right varieties. The article's list included Ozark Pink, which is great in heat and humidity; Oregon Spring which is supposed to do well in cool springs; and SubArctic which was (depending on what story you heard) either developed for Alaska by an Alaskan or Greenland by the US Air Force for troops stationed there. Russian varieties are good, but sometimes people call Black Krim (Ukrainina) or Druzhba (Bulgarian) Russian and the Crimea and Bulgaria have resorts on the black sea.

You need to start indoors early and get some season extenders, like wall-o-waters. You need to not think that advice written for Italy or Surrey applies to you.

You need to figure out what blights are common in your area and pick a variety that is resistant. I remember England as being buggy and blighty. Nothing like those cold Russian winters for killing off diseases and pests.

hana mijena nice