Specialty Gardening: Started tomatoes in DIY Earth Boxes ©, 1 by grampapa

grampapa wrote:
Hi, all. I'm new here and have been reading with much interest. I used to have a pretty good-sized in-ground veggie garden, started all my own plants from seed, etc. Built a new house and my health isn't what is used to be, so containers is a good compromise. I don't have EB's, but I have 4 of Gardener's Supply self-watering tomato planter kits, which are basically the same principle. Got a late start, and ordered a 3 pack of Big Boy's from Burpee and a 3 pack of 'Orange Belle' peppers. Finally got the tomatoes planted on June 4 and the peppers on June 7. Just hoping for a few fresh tomatoes and peppers this year and maybe I can expand it next year. Here's my Big Boys (still pretty small)