So every year since getting married, I've tried to have a garden. This year is no different - we have 4 varieties of tomatoes, 2 varieties of peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, and some various herbs.

Moving to Maryland, it was apparent last year that the soil in our particular area isn't very, um, fruitful (vegetableful?) and last year's tomato crop yielded, maybe about 10 tomatoes.

So this year, I made a number of changes - I moved the tomato garden to the side of the house with more sun, worked a *lot* harder to condition the soil, and mixed in some additional fertilizer to get the plants started.

Something worked. The plants this year are great and I've already got more tomatoes growing on the plants than I harvested all last year.

Pictures as I get a chance.

Tags: Gardening