I'm a convert!

[feldon30]

After 2 years living in Denmark, I was anxious to get back to gardening, but instead of rehabilitating and renewing my raised beds, I found myself with only a driveway to grow tomato plants in.

After initially deciding that I could go another year without tomatoes, I was coaxed into giving container growing a try. So I downloaded Ray's Earthtainer instructions, and then I made several trips to Lowe's* and spent over three hours of cutting and fastening. I also bought two 18 gallon containers with 2" water reservoirs at the bottom because they were cheap, and I suppose as a control. Surely, I thought, the time to make just one Earthtainer just wasn't worth the effort. I was wrong.

So far, I have harvested over 40 tomatoes from a Cherokee Purple and Big Beef I planted in a single Earthtainer, and there are another dozen tomatoes still on the plants. The tomatoes have had a great flavor and while most have been on the medium size, a few have been nice and big. I am blown away by the results and would absolutely recommend this setup to others in the future. Although I'd say -- build 3-4 Earthtainers at the same time, as it won't take much longer than it took me to build one!


Thanks, Ray!!