Chicago area gardeners (esp tomato lovers!) - I will be at Morton Arb next Saturday

[SamKnause]

3. I plant my tomatoes in the same bed every year.

I throw rabbit poop, tea bags, crushed egg shells, banana peels, and sprinkle

a generous amount of epsom salt on top.

Then I mixed it up good with the hoe and wait for planting season.

I grow my own plants from seeds.

After I plant the tomato plants I add 2 bags of pine shavings.

This keeps the weeds from popping up.

I had 19 plants last year in an area 8 feet by 5 feet.

I harvested 400 or 500 tomatoes.

I lost count.

As soon as the season is over, I start all over again with preparing the bed.

I have my niece saving her eggs shells and tea bags.