My New Vegetable Garden

This Spring my project has been a vegetable garden.

This has always been in the works after I completed... or at least got working... my new water tank system. Having a well that only puts out less than a gallon per minute means you have to store water to use in big spurts.

Too often I would take a shower and have it run out of water. But I found that if you trickled out the water... at about one gallon per 20 to 30 minutes into a tank... you could have a dependable source for water and replenish when you were not using it... like at night... even in the driest months. So now I have about 5000 gallons in reserve... which could come in handy in fire season.

I have planted 18 tomato plants... of varieties... Early Girl... and Sun Sugar. Being a pasta lover I eat a lot of Spaghetti sauce... so I wanted to see if I could raise my own... and eventually can them for the year. This time I think my neighbors are going to get a lot of tomatoes... depending on the crop.

Everything is set up to automatically water the plants on a soak-er hose... which is happening as I write this... 10 minutes per bed at low flow. So far this seems to be working... and the plants are thriving with new growth and buds for tomatoes already.

So in a few months... and weeks ahead... I'll tell you what happens. Stay turned...