Why your tomatoes hate you (and the fog is an accomplice)
A loving roast of cool-summer tomato culture in the foothills.
Systems modules (take these before you buy plants)
North Bend sits in the Cascade foothills: cool summers, long wet shoulders, acidic native soils, and biotic pressure that punishes wishful siting. If you skip systems and jump to crops, you are the student who shows up to lab without the pre-lab—and still wants full credit.
Systems
Climate & microclimates
Frost dates, elevation quirks, fog, and why your neighbor’s tomatoes ripen first.
Enter the weather dungeon →
Systems
Soil that isn’t a clay tragedy
pH, drainage, organic matter, and fertilizer without the influencer nonsense.
Fix your dirt →
Systems
Watering schedules that lie less
Rain is not irrigation. Deep soaks, mulch, and crop-by-crop reality checks.
Stop drowning things →
Systems
Pests, pathogens & deer diplomacy
Slugs, late blight, aphids, and the four-legged salad critics of the valley.
Know your enemies →