Gardening With A New System

This year I am having more success with my plants, because my son was able to set up an automatic watering system. It is working very well, and the tomato plants are doing very well. He only installed it for the tomato plants since we have 16 of them which is a lot if they grow. Last year we had the same number but we had only a few tomatoes. So this time we are making a few changes, and this irrigation is the main one.

My son Rick was aware of  this system and was able to get the parts, It is a bit complicated, however he did get it working perfectly. This is all operated by the water, and there is no electronic parts or batteries. He has it set so that it waters each plant, and it gets 1 gallon of water in a 24 hour period. The water is given in small amounts through out the day. He has his in tubs, and his tomatoes are growing like crazy. All of them are full of blossoms and several have small fruit on them now in June. Mine are in the field, and they are smaller but have some blossoms. My location does not get as much sun, and they are much smaller. Stay tuned to see how many tomatoes we get this year.

Now for the rest of the garden
Next to the tomatoes, I have 8 cucumber plants. Now these have to be supported, so they are in 4 cages.
Next are 7 cabbage plants that some deer that started to nibble.
Next is a row of peas for pods. My daughter, Barbara, visiting me had a sample, the first produce.
Next are 9 sweet green pepper  plants, one is starting to bloom
Last is my corn field which is about 10 feet square
 Now I have to brag, because I planted these all by myself at 93 , almost.

Speaking of Barbara, she came from Minnesota for a visit which I appreciated very much, We had a wonderful lunch prepared by Hedy and her daughter, Nora. It was very pleasant. Thank you all.