A couple of pics....................

I only raise a few things that we eat along all summer and into the fall. I have very little space but do use any available. Here are some tomato plants. The one facing your right is a "tree tomato' (not to be confused with a tomato tree) and the one on the left is an early Goliath. This particular spot has had lots of compost each year fot 6 years and the heaping helping of grass clippings all summer. In fact you should see some added today.





This pic below is the back side of the other one. I have some tomato plants that were planted later.





I retired lat November and started a new spot. Only one year of composting, but every year from now on. The planting dates are staggered for continuous harvesting.







Below is a pic of my house that is on our county's tax website. I show it to let you see that a lot of my stuff goes into flowers. I do have other natural spots not shown, but you get the idea.





My back yard is sloped on a 30 degree slant and hard to use for anything. I plan to build many raised beds over the next few years. I have had raised beds before and they are the way to go if you can. A large outbuilding sits on the site now.

The only fertilizer is the compost, grass clippings, leaves in the Autumn, compost tea,and the gray water from my soaking baths. My neighbor still uses 10-10-10 and his stuff looks pitiful compared to the organic growing. I would think he would get the idea but he doesn't. In fact, the pic below is of a few plants that I plant next to the road for him and any one walking by, as lots of our neighbors do.





Hope this is helpful.

Corey

P.S. I could not resist showing one more natural spot and what organic upkeep can do. In fact, lots of compost is the only fertilizer I use on my grass.





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