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Re: Crop Rotation?

Hi Tony,

I have a very unscientific approach.  What do I want to eat some more of,
what seeds do I have and how much time to the first frost.

I did something this year I wouldn't admit to any serious gardener, but it
worked.  I was coming out of a store last spring, and a local gardener had
some staked tomato plants close to 2 and 1/2 feet high for sale.  They looked
great so I bought one, carefully put it in the car and took it home.  I set
it next to a block where I had planted tomatoes last year.  Now this block
has 4' x 7' high frame I grow tomatoes on.  This year I planted some flowers
right next to the frame.  I was "rotating", wasn't going to plant any
tomatoes.  What to do?  I went into the house and got an empty bucket we buy
automatic dish washing power in.  10 pounds or about a gallon size.  I
drilled some holes in the bottom of the bucket, added some professional mix
and repotted the tomato plant.  I dug out a round circle of sod the size of
the bucket, and just placed this bucket of tomato plant on the outside of the
block, facing east! (No hot afternoon sun on the bucket).  I removed the
stake and weaved the plant in the nylon trellis.  The plant grew over the top
of the trellis and produced pounds and pounds of delicious tomatoes.  It was
just an idea.  I'm sure I have a picture of it some where.

Ed in SW Illinois
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