Gardening

so this year she plants even more. She just cant resist when she sees them at the nursery

Black Krim (2)
Early Girl (3)
Cherry (2)
Hawaiian Pineapple (2)
Improved Sun Gold (2)
Cherokee Purple (2)
Husky Cherry
Black Sea Man (2)
Sun Gold Cherry (2)
Sweet 100
Bisque Blue

This year I doubled the size of the garden. We have a friend who raises purebred goats and the goat manure/straw is probably the best fertilizer I've seen. last years tomato plants grew 8 ft tall easily outgrowing the largest cages so I put in 8 ft poles for each plant. Everything is on drip with weedguard laid down. The weedguard really helps locating the hornworms when they show up mid summer. Its easy to see the worm droppings on the weed guard and figure out where to start searching. Better pruning this year should also help. I tried the black light method, dont waste your money, Tomato hornworms DO NOT glow in the dark



crooked neck squash and bean pole. Unreal how productive the green beans are. Might put two of these poles in next year. Asparagus raised bed in background (1st year so 2 more to go before we can pick them)



zuchinnis, more squash, some potatos in the back



this year we are trying an experiment growing potatoes in buckets. 4 or 5 varieties and several different types of buckets to see what works best. You start these in about 3 inches of soil in the bottom of the buckets and then fill to the brim as the potatos grow. Theoretically much higher yields this way.