The Muddy Bucket Farm so far this year

[nctomatoman]

Lovely stuff, Ted! Nice to see where all of the babies are growing!

Tasmanian Chocolate will be on its way to you on Tuesday....perhaps some others as well!

Here's mine - all tomatoes are in (and most are flowering and some have fruited)

[jerryinfla]

Wow, Ted -- you have a beautiful operation! I know that requires some seriously hard work and it definitely shows. Managing that many crops then having enough energy and time to go fishing too? You 'da man!!

[ContainerTed]

Jerry, thanks to you as well. I do love the fishing. I'll be 68 this year and the hard work seems to get harder every year. But, the exercise is also good for me. I work until I'm not quite tired and then go find the shade or just call it a day. Being fully retired makes this easier for me.

Craig, looking forward to that box. I have plenty of room left in various places around the garden. And, it looks like you got your driveway plant moving done (I do watch your videos). I still have some plants to go in from Kelley Green, Sweet Sue, and Summer Sunrise. The "jiffy plug" hoo ha may have been a blessing in disguise. The staggered germination has meant staggered planting out and that has taken a lot of pressure off my daily workload. And, where I had been concerned earlier, I am now very comfortable with the plant counts for seed production. If the plants put out the fruit, then there should be plenty of seed for distribution - at least as good as last year - maybe better. Today, while tying up tomato plants to the poles, I saw lots of blooms and some fruit set in most of the more mature plants.

[jennifer28]

Ted
That is impressive. I love how you have everything organized.
This is my first year growing okra. I'm growing some dwarf okra actually. My Southern friend finally convinced me to grow it.
Love how everything is coming along nicely.
Well done!

[meadowyck]

You must have some acreage (new here) to have such a great area to garden. Looks good, especially your garden helper, I've two of them myself.

Jan

[ContainerTed]

Jennifer, I also keep a very detailed spreadsheet. Each little box is one foot. This allows me to show the exact location of each tomato or pepper by name, and the row or location within the row of each veggie, like Okra or White Half Runner Bean or ...... This allows me to look back on what was planted where. I try to rotate what is growing to help keep the soil from being drained of some of the nutrients.

Jan, I do have some choices on where to locate the garden. I chose the current one simply because it got some very early morning shade and full sun til sunset after about 9:30 AM. It is also on a bit of a slope which means the soil can drain well after heavy rains. This puts a bit of accent on having to water just a bit more, but that also allows me to put some very dilute fertilizer in when I think it needs it. This fall, I'll be adding some "fluff". Right now, root crops like potatoes and carrots are being a bit stunted by soil compaction.

BTW, I used to post back and forth with someone in Florida who kept their containers inside the screened enclosure for their pool.