Tomato Harvest – July 14, 2016

These are all from the two tomato plants that are in the “nook” planter we have beside the porch and behind the house. We converted this brick planter from a regular one to a square foot planter a couple of years ago by taking out all the soil and replacing it with Mel’s Mix.

These plants have gotten twice as big as the ones in the main garden.

I’m beginning to think we’ll just plant two tomato plants next year – both in this planter – three weeks or so apart, putting all the big, heavy-duty plant ladders in the one planter – one behind each plant, one on each end of the planter and one in front of each plant, and maybe the last one between the two.

This year we had a storm that pulled the plants in this planter down, bending them almost double. We picked them up, propping them up as well as we could without breaking a lot of branches, but the damage was done. Next year we’ll do a better job of preparing for storms and giving the sweet plants as much support as we can.

Meanwhile, we’re feeling wonderful about our wonderful supply of tomatoes!