Lake Tomatoes - 2020

Lake Tomatoes - 2020

Because of the covid pandemic, I found myself spending several months living full time at the lake. This provided me the opportunity to grow a few things at this site. I am limited, though, in what I can grow because of the wildlife I am surrounded by. Any kind of a real vegetable garden would be thwarted by the deer, bears, rabbits, rodents, etc. Anyways, I grew a bunch of tomatoe plant on our front deck. My one container was extra special as it was a self watering one my husband found in the city and brought up one weekend. I would fill the side tube with water, which had a floating indicator in the tube. The water would go to the bottom of the plants and when the water was low, the floater stopped floating. It’s a rather clever way of keeping things watered for a few days while also letting me know when more water was required. The result has been a robust harvest of tomatoes. My hope now is that there is enough good weather left for the last tomatoes to finish ripening - fingers crossed.

Next year - I will only put two plants, instead of three, in this planter.