Day 18. Looking good so far. We had to tie the plants to the wire because they were starting to lean over a bit. We added flowers shortly after the initial planting - we got the idea of mixing flowers in the garden area from Ukraine. Our friends Roman and Nadya had a beautiful garden - they had many different types of flowers planted amongst the vegetables.

Japanese Tomato Ring

Our first attempt at the Japenese Tomato Ring. Our garden attempts in FL have not fared well before, so we decided to try this. Planted June 5, 2012.

Ok - here is the idea behind the Japanese Tomato Ring - the ring of compost feeds the tomato plants. We used humus, fertilizer, topsoil, and leaves to start and we continue to add veggie scraps, coffee grounds, eggshells, etc... We water the compost pile, not the plants. This method of watering is recommended as direct watering of the tomato plants promotes disease and rot.