BUILDING A RAISED TOMATO BED

My hat's off to John Doty Porter, his son, Doty and three of his excellent farm workers. They have furnished me with all the materials for my new tomato bed. The new bed is 20' x 8' and is constructed with old railroad ties from the Illinois Central Railroad. A huge flatbed truck arrived in my back yard fully loaded with the railroad ties and pulling a dump trailer fully loaded with totally composted Gin Trash pilfered from the old Morgan City Gin.

With the expertise of the Porters' and their crew the bed was completed in less than an hour. The following photos are self explanatory and demonstrate how competent this crew was in this endeavor:

Now, all I have to do is add the oak wood ashes from our fire place and till the new bed to incorporate the Gin Trash into the soil. When finished this new raised bed will be the envy of every tomato gardener on planet earth! I think I made a pretty good deal with John Doty by supplying him a few tomato plants in exchange for the work done on this new bed. Don't you?

More on Gin Trash later.