Dan Wenz wrote:

Joe wrote:

you could make this real simple and just plant the dern maters if you
make your first bit of gardening that much work then what's the point? do
a little research to keep it fun then just plant, grow then EAT!

Not my first try (I'm 71!), but the first try in area never dugup which
is VERY poorly drained HEAVY (chunks of real kiddie-type clay) clay
soil, since the original garden of many tomatoes (Is that "e" supposed
to be there!?) is long gone (started around 1967). I intend to raise a
bed well above the ground level - that and the wife's need for more
gardening soil has fueled the want for more soil. Some have recommended
mushroom soil, but that appears to have a too high pH for 'matoes, so
it'll require mixing with other amendments. With a long-unused chemistry
major in my head, I have this costly desire to play with things like pH
(Boy, I could sure use a professional pH meter :-)) and various soil
mixes, but would rather have some anecdotal input, which has taken
place, thanks to all. Now if I could just chop down that oak tree just
south of the proposed tomatoery ;-

understood, so when you gonna plant them dern maters ???