Note to self: Do this stuff.

Tips I'm going to use from "You Grow Girl:"

• Spend the money on good dirt.
  
• Get rid of the terra cotta containers. They dry up faster and they're heavy. Use plastic instead. (Will break them up and use them in the bottom of the plastic containers for drainage.)
  
• Mulch, mulch, mulch - even the containers. Use crushed up leaves (something we have plenty of) and stones.
  
• Make homemade cloches (cut plastic 2-liters for seedlings and chicken wire ones for larger plants) to keep the squirrels out.
• Crush up egg shells and lay around the base of slug-loving plants. It acts like sharp glass and will help keep them away. Another slug barrier is laying a layer of pennies (prior to 1980) around the stems. It "shocks" slugs and snails.
• Another pest barrier - lay tin foil, shiny side up, around young stems to confuse aphids and beetles.
  
• Plant garlic and onions in and around veggies to naturally repel pests. "Neat little rows of veggies" make it real easy for 'em to munch. Instead, mix up plants to confuse them.
• My new mantra: "Spiders and wasps are good for the garden. Spiders and wasps are good for the garden. Spiders and wasps are good for the garden."
• Consider making compost. Just need to find a place to put it. But it's the best thing for your soil and plants. (Won't be ready for about six months though. Should have started making it last fall!)
  

Husband suggested that we utilize a small section of driveway area (next to our garage) to make our own hanging tomato plants. They'd get the most light there and we can use those garden pole stake things to hang them from.

We're going to Lowes later to look around and see what's available. Apparently I should have been sowing seeds already.