Update on the DIY earth box type garden
Everything in my self-watering containers is doing great! Check out the nice harvest from Thursday. The Brandywine tomatoes are averaging about 11oz each and none are splitting. I usually have a lot of split tomatoes because of uneven watering. With these boxes, the moisture is controlled and consistent. A few of the Sun Cherry tomatoes [...]
First fruits of our 2009 garden
I plucked the first cherry tomatoes today! Sun Cherry is this variety and I’d had it in my head that they were a red variety; they’re decidedly orange, however, a warm orange. They could be any color for all I care, for they’re incredibly sweet, especially popped off the vine and directly into your mouth. [...]
Already have a tomato!
We already have a tomato on one of our patio tomato hybrids. I can’t take any credit for it, though. It was already there when I bought the cellpack of three little plants. I am going to remove it and let the stressed little seedling put its energy into developing a healthy root system in [...]
