My Other Tomato Garden
Until now, I have just focused on my square foot garden. I decided I wanted to share images from my “other” garden. It is made up of four homemade Earthboxes. I created these boxes and grew peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, and more in them. They were a great success, but did not reach their full potential on any crop except tomatoes. That is why I decided they are going to be tomato only this year. These self watering containers are perfect for tomatoes. They provide the correct amount of water and nutrients the tomato plants needs. I have fence U-bars set up
to support the plants with the Florida weave. It worked perfectly last year. All the plants in the earthbox are heirloom varieties. Some of the cherry tomatoes, Sungold Select and Piccolo, are already setting fruit. The tomatoes in the square foot garden are also doing well, but they did get about a 2 week head start. It might become an interesting study on these two techniques. I will continue to post photos of both.
Here is the site I used for plans to build my own homemade EarthBox: http://hometown.aol.com/jmalt31/myhomepage/
Would you be willing to share your earth box design?
Jeff:
Thanks for pointing out that I forgot to include that detail. I found my plans from a fellow named “jmalt”. I linked to his page above in the article. Thanks!
Nice earthboxes, you have any qualms about using pvc in them? I ended up modifying mine, because of info in this story -
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=689731
Anyway, on to my “spam”. Hope you find it helpful, though it looks like you’re already set!
A few of us who live in the city of Chicago are growing heirloom vegetables on our rooftops in cheap homemade earthboxes. In response to huge environmental problems, it’s a small but rewarding way to push back. Also, we think they’re a great way to build connections in a fragmented social/political landscape.
Here’s the Flickr link, alongside the pics is an extensive how-to guide with plenty of relevant links.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7458996@N06/sets/72157603652656573/