Start Day 3/31/2012

This year the weather has been really out of the ordinary.  I broke ground and planted on March 31, 2012.  (Although this post is 4/24/12).

This year I have set out 8 plants in 1 box and 4 in the other.  The other half has some zucchini, squash, cucumbers, and beans.  I have planted about 5 more tomatoes outside of the box.

Here are some pics of my setup.

These were mid growth, after seedling stage moved into garage with fluorescent light on timer with a fan.

This year I am using newspaper in lieu of the black landscape fabric.  I had to tear up the fabric to till the dirt.  It was very easy to shred.  I want to see how the newspaper works.  I did wet it for like 3 days constant to form a paper mache type bond.

This is my potato bin.  Yes. I used a long pallet (10' x 4') and ripped it up and cut the long beams in 2.  Then attached the bottom ones around.  Its a bit wobbly so I used another board up top to assist.

3/31/12 - Begin to plant in the ground.  I was lazy this year and did not pay attention to what went where, so it will be a fun harvest when I see the fruits of my labor.  I planted, Brandywine from Croatia, Rutgers, Yellow Gooseberry, Yellow Pear, Oxheart, and some big red round tomato I do not know what it is so I call it Big Red Round.  If you see previous posts it was the gigantic tomato that weighed over a 1lb.

My little helper.

Planted some on the outside of the box again as well

Planted some veggies on the outside of the bins (Cucumber and Squash)