The Hard Work is Done

By Zack Chavez

My vegetable garden this year is finally in place. In addition to my regular selection of tomatoes I have expanded my garden to include lots of salad greens, onions, carrots, beets and three squash varieties. I even installed a trellis for my squash plants. Tekka loves to be in my garden chair ready to drive away intruders.


I planted ten tomato plants – all started from seeds. My five plants for competition are Big Zac (2), Delicious (2), and a Japanese variety (seeds compliments of my friend Kay). They are all in half wine barrel containers.


I started the seeds indoors in early February using my AeroGarden, and by early April the plants were all ready for transplanting outdoors. I ended up with more plants than I needed for my garden so I gave away all my extras.

I planted four of my favorite tomatoes for eating in my two Tomato Success Kits. They are in self-watering containers.
I have been using these kits for three years now and every year they have produced a great yield.

Now pretty much all I do is fertilizing and weed control. My watering is on a drip system with an automatic timer.