So last weekend we did the dirty work of cleaning out last year's pots to make them nice and sparkly for this year's plants. This is my self-watering "tomato success kit". Some years have been successful and others not so much. This year I'll probably be putting some grape tomatoes in here. I have seeds for those but haven't started them yet. I might just sow them directly into the box and see what happens. As you can see, China was waiting patiently for her turn at the water hose. It's hard for her to hold back. She just loves to chase the water! 
After that fun I mixed up my compost with the three main nutrients of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. Oh my! China wasn't so sure about this part. She was probably wondering if she was allowed to dig in these piles of dirt! You can see her eyeing them...but, alas, all this compost plus that same amount of very light potting soil went into the big L-shaped planter, and she never did get to dig in.
So now I've prepared a place for the little seedlings that soon enough they will enter into!
Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium - Oh my!
Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium Oh my!
These are the additives in my dirt, that help to grow my little squirts!
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