Gardening

My plan was to transplant them to the big bed once they were big enough. They did not do well for some reason, but our weather was really wonky in April. The few little tomatoes I transplanted out of those have taken off now. I used the same soil mixture in the big garden as I did in the boxes--good commercial top soil from my local garden center, mixed with our own compost (goat or chicken poop, used wood shavings/bedding, and hay). You could probably substitute peat, sold in bags, also at a garden center or big box store. Maybe even a little bit of straw, (also good for mulching around plants, just don't get seedy straw that will hatch.) I also throw in some earthworms that hang out in our compost piles.

The idea is to get good healthy loose soil. You want nitrogen (the main component in Miracle Gro,) but too much of it will give you lots of leaves, and not much fruit.