It has been raining for a couple of days -- just when I wanted to finish my planting (Grrrrrr!) -- so it was too wet this morning to do much in the garden.  But I did take a few photos, to show how things are progressing.  Below is a new experiment.  I have constructed what could be called a 'tomato fence,' for lack of a better term.  Actually, there are two of them.

They are made from a heavy wire fencing called cattle panels.  Each panel is 16 ft. long and 4 ft. high.  I bought one, cut it into two halves, and fastened each half panel to two eight-foot fence posts, driven 3 ft. into the ground.   I added a four-foot post in the middle to add greater stability.  Tomato plants will be set in front of the fence about 18'' apart, and trained up the fence. 

I saw this in a book (can't remember which one) and was attracted to the idea, because good tomato supports are hard to find, especially at a price I can afford.  The wire supports found at most stores around here are almost useless, especially when the vines grow taller than four feet or so.  A good, stiff wind will blow them over, and sometimes the wind isn't even necessary.  A healthy tomato vine laden with fruit can be very heavy.  A good, stout stake made of rot-resistant wood works just fine, but good ones can be expensive.  These cattle panels, however, are very sturdy, and one half-panel, firmly anchored, will accomodate 6 or more plants.

BTW, I had to saw the full panel in half in the parking lot of Lowe's, and tie the halves onto my van's luggage rack.  I had no other way to get the monster home!

Behind the tomato fences you can see some sweet onions, and two rows of potatoes.

In other developments, here is what the "salad box" looks like, presently:

Those are just weeds at the base of the box.  Just ignore them.  That's what I have been doing (obviously).

Finally, take a look at my final compost setup:  

This is just before I turned the almost-done stuff in the middle bin into the right "storage" bin, and the newer stuff from the left bin into the middle bin for more cooking.  You can't tell from the outside, but the inside of that pile was fermenting nicely.