The plants are taking over the porch! The tomatoes and squash have grown very large as can be seen in the pictures. It’s clear that those Earthboxes out near the front of the porch are getting enough sun. Those on the inside are not. They’re growing, but slowly. Even the Thai tomatoes, the plant nearest the apartment wall is much smaller. Maybe if we tried plants that like shade they’d do better than the bell peppers or basil, neither of which is doing all that well. I think I’ll try to rearrange things to help them out. Maybe move the rose bush. I’m not sure.
As far as the Earthboxes go I think they work fairly well. If we had better access to sun it’d be more worthwhile. I expect we’ll keep them around for areas where we want container plants in the future. After this year, though, I’ll probably put a couple away and just have three out while we’re here. We’ll see how it goes but I think the porch is just too shady.
