Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

Yesterday, I planted five seedlings each of paw-paw and persimmon.

I planted potato onions today which we harvested 1.5 years ago.

We had a severe frost a few days ago, which eliminated any tree fruits this year. It even damaged the rhubarb.

Wow; your season starts so much earlier than mine! My rhubarb:

Joseph Lofthouse wrote:Yesterday, I planted five seedlings each of paw-paw and persimmon.

What do you think the challenges would be growing pawpaw in Utah? Protecting young trees from intense sunlight? Keeping the soil moist? Soil pH?

I don't have any expectations one way or the other for the paw-paw and persimmons. I hope they survive and thrive, but if not, then I will plant something else. I live in the desert. They come from the humid east.

Joseph, your garden is always such a huge inspiration. Seeing those tomato seedlings survive the radiant freezes is just mind-blowing! It really proves the power of landrace growing and letting survival-of-the-fittest do the heavy lifting. That early spring harvest looks incredibly delicious. Thank you for continually paving the way and sharing these updates with us!

Timed the tomatoes perfectly—6 weeks old for transplanting outside next week.

One year old grape cuttings.

I planted about 378 tomatoes. Four wild species. Domestic tomatoes, and crosses between them.