Instant bonus tomato patch!!!!!!!

[Worth1]

As I think I mentioned before I said I planted some tomatoes in the dirt in the back yard after scraping away the horse herb.

The reason behind this is that I had some good tomato friends send me seeds for green tomatoes as I have never had one before.
((((Thanks tomato friends)))))
I needed to plant them somewhere so I found this spot.
It has for years been collecting run off debris from all of the rain and is of a nice red sandy loam soil.
I helped some this winter with a little water diversion project I had going on.8)
So what the heck I will plant something here.
After my return from work I found the plants to be doing great so I figured I would help a little not a lot but just a little.

So first I mixed in some composted manure then I loaded up a load of decayed leaves that collects in the front yard in front of the house after it rains and mixed it in.

Then I decided to put in a drip system to help the wife water the things this summer.8)

If you will notice I started with 9 plants but I did not like the way the drip line would have to be run.
So what the heck I had some plants in a holding pattern so I added 3 more so now that makes 12 plants.

I just turned up more of the yard with a hoe, a free hoe I might add.

I’m just too lazy for raised beds and I don’t think everybody needs them.

So here it is.
Enjoy

Worth


Here is the patch after I mixed in all of the good stuff.

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Here is how easy it is to dig by hand.
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A nice hand full of dirt.
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Worm family that lives in the patch they are gonna love this place.
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I figured I would test out the new drip system.
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[Rena]

Planting in the dirt, not a container? Worth you lucky dog, your soil looks great! Your plants look fantastic!

[landarc]

Worth,
Aren't you worried that using good real dirt and worms and such will make it all too easy to grow tomatoes...then what...just slacking around the house, turn on a valve or two, scratch a dog...quit making so easy. Makes the rest of us feel bad.

[Worth1]

Rena and Bob I do suppose you are right.
I guess I am kinda being a jerk.
I just cant help myself sometimes.

And of course I was raised by a man that could grow tomatoes on a bed of rocks.

Besides I'm lazy and a penny pincher.
I hope all of you guys enjoyed the pictorial on how you can do this thing without a lot of money and very little time.

Now I will get back to scratching my dog and sipping my beer.
I have some new tomato names and history's to come up with.
To be posted later!!!
Tonight
Worth

[natural]

So that's what good soil looks like. I thought it was supposed to be red and full of clay. If I attempted to stick my hand in my soil I'd break my fingers.

[sirtanon]

I know the feeling, natural. Our rock... er, I mean, soil.. here is hard packed desert crap... rocky and hard. When we first moved in here, we had a backyard that wouldn't grow anything.. and over the past 8 months or so, we've spend countless days out back with a mattock, shovel, and probably 50 backs of manure, compost, etc.. turning it over, amending it, and generally making it productive.

Worth, good job on the patch there.. looking great!