GARDEN UPDATE: A little expansion...

We've started some new projects!

Cucumber: don't forget these guys need plenty of support. A tomato ring works fine, and its cheap!

Plant starter plants 2/3 down in the soil to give them strength, especially your tomatoes!

The squash will soon be moved to the ground so the vines can grow outside the pots.

Watermelon and cantaloupe beds. 5x2 and 10" deep. Always get pressure treated wood to avoid rot.

Chicken wire to keep the vermin out...and a house cat or two

A section of the happy family!

Not pictured in detail: anaheim and green bell peppers, cantaloupe, the determinate variety of tomato. Make sure your plants are getting AT LEAST six hours of sun daily. Keep the soil moist, but of course not flooded. Plants are very much like us- on hot days they need more water. On the days that are 80 degrees or higher, they will need to be watered once a day; if it is cooler, you can get by with every other day. When in doubt the finger test never fails-stick your finger into the soil up to your knuckle- is it dry down there? Get 'em some H20. Don't be afraid of a little dirt.