Galloway Farm

It’s no secret I have a fascination and love for tomatoes. Last year, I planted 70 plants (and gave away 30) with 20+ varieties…red ones, yellow, orange, black, multi colored, even white tomatoes. This year I am planning an experiment. In my exclusive tomato lovers facebook group (yes, it’s a thing), I’ve been reading about all of the things people put in their tomato holes when they plant tomatoes. I’m going to plant some plants in bare holes. In others, I am throwing in all of the natural things I’ve been reading about…fish heads, worm poop (amazon), aspirin, bone meal, kelp meal, banana peels,

and egg shells for calcium. So we eat a lot of eggs…dozens per week…we have 8 kids. We’ve been keeping them and crushing them. And today I finally ground them in a coffee grinder.

From this.

To this.

To this. In this bag are over 500 egg shells ground to powder and weighing over 5 lbs.

With around 90 days till planting time and dozens of baby toms already under “daddy’s special lights in the basement” (this phrase can cause curious looks when the kids mention it to their teachers at church) this helps me get through these last cold wet days of February and assure myself spring will show up one day. So we’ll see if mother nature appreciates all of my help with the soil or if she can handle this on her own. Stay tuned.

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