Re: a 50 lb. bag of potting soil...OT

You don't need a garden to grow tomatoes as long as you have a sunny 
location on a patio, porch, deck, or wherever.  I often grow salad-type 
tomatoes in two large pots that were filled with good soil (could be potting) 
and lilies were planted in them.  Since the lilies grow tall, the tomato 
plants inserted between them make no difference in bloom or growth.
This way, if you have a short season, you can plant your tomatoes, put 
them outside during warm days and bring them in at night to avoid frost.  
By the time your frost-free date arrives, they'll be large, healthy plants, 
maybe even with their first blossoms.

Barbara Davis     zone 7/8         SW of Fort Worth, TX



> This is "off topic", but I'm going to ask
> anyway...  I don't have a veggy garden or much of
> a place to put one, but Jeanne has been DYING for
> 1 or 2 tomato plants.  Would this work for
> tomatos?
> (Chris- have to humor our spouses in order to be
> left in peace in the perennial beds!)
> Hal Lanktree
> Rochester, Michigan  (Zone 5b)
> hlanktree@mindspring.com
> 
> >Last year I tried something that I had noticed in
> a magazine.   I bought
> >a 50 lb. bag of potting soil    laid it flat down
> and with a kitchen
> >knife  made  crosses or + signs in the bag in
> rows big enough to insert
> >a Viola in and    WOW   in just a matter of a few
> weeks it had covered
> >the bag of soil     I got so many comments and
> compliments on that one
> >project.   I'll have to say it was pretty.  I'll
> probable do one or more
> >again this spring.
> 
> 
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