[daniel1212]

Here in Eastern MA it has been a cooler and largely overcast spring, plus the tomatoes and Butternut squash that I started from seeds I had saved (in screened dirt) did not grow much, since this year I did not have windows with much sun, and used cheap grow lights instead.

By 05/19/19 most all were planted in the garden, including some toms from Home Depot, which are the larger plants seen in the images below, and which are in the front since that faces South.

The soil has some bagged manure, lime and fertilizer and a little compost added to it, but it has a lot of rocks, and some clay. Trying to improve the soils a little every year, and I am seeing more worms, thanks be to God.

Bought this cheap $6.99 basic soil tester iPower LGTESTSOIL 3 in 1 Soil Meter, pH which shows a PH mostly btwn 5-7

Been saving water from the roof in barrels covered with mosquito netting.

Thank God for the space to plant (very few apt. buildings in this densely populated city have the South and West facing yardage that gets much of any sun) which the landlord has let us plant on, and for the thousands of tomatoes and dozens of squash we have gotten out of this city plot over the past 5 years.

Thus was the plot on 5-7:

And as of right now:

However, I cannot plant on the neighbors backyard this year since the wall is slowly falling over

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You grow an impressive amount of stuff in a small space!

[MomwithHope]

I am impressed too. It reminds me of my Dads garden in Chicago. It was a little bit bigger and he really got a lot out of it. Used junk fish he had caught and horse droppings from a riders path in Indiana for fertilizer. He would drive over the state line and fill up his trunk. He also did smart things like plant cucumbers in with his sweet corn so the cornstalks held up the cucumber vines. Hope you post some more as the summer goes on.

[Califreak]

What are the poles with bottles for?