Garden in May

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Originally Posted by Marilyn

Gayle, your garden looks great. My pot plants don't look nearly as well. I'll take pics and post as soon as my computer is back. Right now, I don't have a computer that will download from my camera or accept and SD card, so hopefully sometime this week. I'm going to have to put in a garden like yours to serously have some vegetables.

Marilyn, I was wondering how your potted garden was coming along. You were way behind me - so I wouldn't expect yours to be nearly as big by now. By all means, do put in a raised bed garden like I did. They are so nice! NO WEEDS! Just have your hubby (or contractor) build it with landscape timbers (or whatever). Then buy some good garden soil at a nursery - we had the workers haul it to our backyard in a wheelbarrow and shovel it in. It really needs to be about 9-10 inches deep, tomatoes have long roots! Don't make it over 4 feet wide and then make it as long as you want it. That way you can reach to the middle without straining your back. If you make it any wider than 4 feet - then it is not as comfortable reaching to the middle. Also, the higher you make it, the less stooping over you have to do. I sit on my "tractor" (as my hubby calls it), but higher is better! The time to plant for fall is July - so it's not too late to get that raised bed garden done!