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Switched from a plot garden in 2004 when the last of the kids moved away. started growing thing I liked in containers but in 2014 I went to a raised bed for tomatoes and a couple pepper plants.
I never figured it would do so well I had tomato plants 7 feet tall and just loaded with fruit. Friends and family were shre happy to share the bounty.
I built two new beds in 2015 and had the same results with tomato plants growing to 7 feet tall. I didn't gather as much fruit but enough I did share with friend and family but not as much as in the past.
Deer which have not been a problem in th egarden for 30 years strolled in to the garden area in broad day lite and ate the tops out of every tomato set but not enough it killed them just set them back about a month I figure. they also ate off the tops of my egg plants.
I ended up building aelectric fence around the garden to stop them in their tracks.
I also founds that covering them when frost was in the forecast was a pain to do since they were so tall and my efforts to stake them pretty much failed.
So this winter one of the projects isto learn how to propwerly prune them, :applause: Not the dang deer way either.
Another project is to make a watering system with 1/2" PCV pipeing. I used a water bottle system this year but I had to move the water bottles.
5' chain link fence I tried to use to keep the deer away.
Even my two summer squash plants went nuts.
The dirt to fill the raised beds came from my woods too no fertlizer added.
All these pictures are from 2015 garden.
Al
I never figured it would do so well I had tomato plants 7 feet tall and just loaded with fruit. Friends and family were shre happy to share the bounty.
I built two new beds in 2015 and had the same results with tomato plants growing to 7 feet tall. I didn't gather as much fruit but enough I did share with friend and family but not as much as in the past.
Deer which have not been a problem in th egarden for 30 years strolled in to the garden area in broad day lite and ate the tops out of every tomato set but not enough it killed them just set them back about a month I figure. they also ate off the tops of my egg plants.
I ended up building aelectric fence around the garden to stop them in their tracks.
I also founds that covering them when frost was in the forecast was a pain to do since they were so tall and my efforts to stake them pretty much failed.
So this winter one of the projects isto learn how to propwerly prune them, :applause: Not the dang deer way either.
Another project is to make a watering system with 1/2" PCV pipeing. I used a water bottle system this year but I had to move the water bottles.
5' chain link fence I tried to use to keep the deer away.
Even my two summer squash plants went nuts.
The dirt to fill the raised beds came from my woods too no fertlizer added.
All these pictures are from 2015 garden.
Al