Getting the New Bed Ready!

I have been busy getting the new raised bed ready to accept the plants.
I will have sixteen indeterminate varieties and four cherry varieties. The 8' x 16' bed will be separated by four large, round stepping stones placed length wise down the middle. Four 13' steel fence posts have been equally placed on each side of the bed to hold the lateral supports. The support posts are driven two feet into the ground leaving ten to eleven feet above ground. The lateral supports are made from 20' pvc plumbing pipes and are attached lengthwise with zip ties to the steel posts. This arrangement allows for 16 plants to all be supported on two separate frames. (eight on each side). The four cherries will be planted in a separate bed and supported with traditional  concrete wire mesh "tomato baskets". The bed has been tilled twice and the gin trash mixed with the soil really looks good.

In anticipation of a bumper crop which hopefully will produce tomatoes at the 10' level, I have devised a makeshift scaffolding system to allow me to tie the plants upward and to harvest the tomatoes. Two saw horses and two 2"x12"x16' treated boards are used for this purpose. The scaffold will be removed before planting and replaced as the plants grow too tall to reach from ground level.

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