Tatiana's new container garden

[LDx4]

Tania,

250-300 tomato plants plus lettuce and your other veggies just in this garden area alone? You DO make good use of your space! Beautiful!

Lyn

[Tania]

Lyn,

most of the tomato plants are in pots on the staircase and the balcony upstairs.

yes, it is also quite crowded there!

I forgot to mention 5 zucchini plants.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by b54red

Very nice. It is really weird to me seeing lettuce and tomatoes at the same time. Down here lettuce bolts about the time you could set out the first tomato seedlings. Your days must still be relatively cool for the lettuce to look so good along with tomatoes.

How do you keep up with so many plants? The most I ever had planted at one time was around 125 and by the time they got larger they were working me to death and I was much younger then.

Bill

Bill, your days must be pretty hot compared to ours

Today is quite chilly here, in the lower 60s. No sun, it looks like it is going to rain again for 2 days.

How do I keep up with so many tomato plants? I was thinking about how 125 tomato would keep someone busy all the time... and I think I figured out the answer! Our climate does not make them very productive, so there is not much picking involved. We do not spray, do not prune, rarely water the ones in the ground (maybe 3 times in the entire season), and we do not fertilize anything after the plants are set out. We do not do any weeding in tomato beds, they are mulched with straw and burlap bags. The plants in the ground are not staked, they grow on wire mesh. So the biggest job is to plant them out and then pull them out at the end of the season. All I do in between is to walk around and enjoy the scenery . I am such a lazy gardener!

Actually, the biggest job is still to deal with the harvest, as far as seed saving is concerned (and sauce making as a consequence of that). That is a huge job, I agree.

Watering all the container plants takes about 1-2 hr/day, unless there is rain in the forecast.

Cheers,
Tatiana

[Tania]

The balcony - tomatoes in containers

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The view from the balcony

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[ddsack]

You have a dream garden, Tania! So much variety so neatly arranged. How many acres does your property consist of? You really make the most of your space.

[Tania]

Dee, it is 1 acre. Mostly shaded by large trees.