Whew! Today I constructed a 30 foot tomato bed along a sloping section of my property line. There is chainlink fencing on the property line and plenty of sunshine all day for the plants. I built five permanent cyllindrical cages from 4 foot metal fence posts and welded-wire fencing with 2 x 3 inch holes. These keep ravens from picking at seedlings and provide support as the plants get older. I covered the entire bed with 2-3 inches of some extremely well cured compost from the city facility. I planted these seedlings I grew from seed:
Big Girl
Better Girl
Green Grape
Momotaro
Striped Roman
... on six-foot centers, and between them I also seeded a handful of Stover's California hybrid Alfalfa.
