In anticipation of tomatoes to plant I have begun to question the placement and preparation of my initial plot. My current location in on the west side of the yard and given that I didn't have a proper shovel I don't think I loosened up the soil as well as I should have. So today I dug out a 4' x 5' plot in the south of the yard which will get a lot more of the hot afternoon sun while sacrificing some of the morning sun to a giant tree in the neighbors yard. I dug about 6-8 inches down and churned over all the dirt well so I am hoping it drains better than the other plot as well. For the sake of curiosity I am going to plant some of the same vegetables in both plots just to see how they react.
The one downfall of my new plot is the hose doesn't reach that far and I don't have a watering can. Necessity being the mother of invention I decide to get creative (and cheap). I saw a milk jug staring me in the eye on top of the recycling and began to get crafty. Poked a few holes in the lid, trimmed them up with a razor blade and behold my 4L watering can. It needs an air intake but it does the trick.
In other news the weather has been in the high teens with pretty much full sun these past few days, finally. The Red Leaf lettuce is showing a lot of improvement as you can see above or below.
(left) Red Leaf lettuce (right) Milk jug watering can
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