On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:29:51 -0600, Omelet wrote:

:In article ,
: "Steve Peek" wrote:
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: "Heidi H" wrote in message
: ...
: hi group.. mind my posting?
: MY dogs would have all the tomatoes dug up....
: as well as other scavengers (coyotes, skunks, raccoons, opossums, etc.,
: etc...) Leave out the chicken IMHO.
: Steve
:
:Or add the chicken after it's properly composted. ;-)
:
:That is what composting is for imho.

Mainly what I do is dig out all the soil of my tomato bed down about 2
feet (yes, I don't rotate my crops), put the soil out on my concrete
patio, I sprinkle a little 5-10-5 or similar and mix it all up with a
generous pile of my homemade compost and refill the trench. Been getting
bumper crops consistently.