Time to Start the Vegetable Garden
Container Gardens
If you’ve been thinking about a vegetable garden but don’t have the time or space, try containers. There is a wide variety of vegetables and fruits that do very well in pots. Also, a couple of potted dwarf citrus trees will yield fruit all winter long, here in Southern California.
Tomatoes
Even if you only have one pot with a tomato plant, it’s worth the effort. Remember, there are 2 types of tomatoes. Determinate and indeterminate. The most readily available are determinate, which you will find in late winter-early spring at your local nursery. This type of tomato plant grows to a certain size, and produces one large crop. The indeterminate plant will continue growing but will have smaller a crop. The nice thing is you can enjoy having tomatoes for salads in the winter with this type of plant. I like to use a planter that has wheels so I can move the plants during the day to take full advantage of limited winter sunshine. I found the Earthbox to be a real find. Not only does it have wheels, but it also has a self-watering system.
