I grow lots of things in Earthboxes but have never tried potatoes because I think the EB are too shallow. You'd have to basically plant the seed potatoes right on the grill and hilling would be difficult I think so production would be minimal. Maybe build up the sides of the EB somehow to increase depth. I had good results doing them in 5 gallon buckets several years back but they are quite a bit deeper than the EB. If you do it be sure to let us know how it works out. Dave

My bro. bought a kids plastic swimming pool,drilled drainage holes in bottom set it on a round wooden painted table & filled it with garden soil & strawberries. it's done great. It's his 1st yr. at growing food & he has things so crowded I can't believe it. Under a window in narrow space maybe 4 ft wide & 8-10 ft long. 3 tomato plants,Early girl & another kind, kind of pear shape but 2-3 in long & 1 1/2 in wide, & 1 cherry tomato,green beans mixed in with cantaloupe(doing very well, & early on lettuce in there also, 3-4 kinds)Next to house with lot of sun I didn't think he would get anything to speak of but it was cooler this year than normal. The table, strawberries are sitting on, is sitting on cement pad, house on 1 side block wall on other few ft away. He did say he had to water them daily but not too much so it dripped through. Amazing what works! Jan

Some notes on your herbs. Parsley is a biennial, so if you let it go through the winter, it will self seed the second year. Put it in a place you can give it some protection over the winter if you have many nights below 0*F. You will still be able to harvest it all winter. It will go to seed in mid spring the second year, and give you new seedlings in late summer or early fall. A shade cage in spring can keep the seeds in the same square without too much trouble. Sage, dill and basil are all tall herbs. Often a couple feet or more. The more you trim and harvest them the bushier and more dense they will become. I would suggest you flip them with your carrots next to the tomatoes so they don't shade out your other plants. All three are good for tomatoes as companion plants. They won't compete for surface root space too bad (not like the total root share of tomatoes and carrots, but not a big deal). But they will help to deter pests, and the dill will attract bees if you let it go to seed. If not the dill is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, and does seem to help the tomatoes in that realm. Oregano is a perennial in many areas. It is also low and spreading unless you have a hybrid bred for something else. Thyme is the same way. Both are a freaking pain to keep in a grid. If you can, those are two I would put in pots or somewhere else where they can creep all over and you don't have to hack at them constantly (harvesting leaves for use won't keep them confined, you have to cut back the new growth, which branches, etc.). Rosemary likes it dry, and can be a perennial if you bring it indoors for any temperature below freezing. I only grow my rosemary in pots because I can drown it if I put it in beds with my other herbs. A pot with both rosemary and thyme in it would do well, as the rosemary would grow up with semi-shallow roots, and the thyme would go over the edge with deep roots and keep the roots cool. Both need rather dry soil. Chamomile can naturalize and turn to a weed very quickly if you don't harvest the flowers. Plan to harvest very well when they are in bloom, or be aware of where it will drop seeds to keep it in control. BTW, chamomile and lettuce are in the same family, so you can use that as reference for companion planting. Unfortunately, aside from removing some herbs, you really shouldn't crowd these down any further than they are. If you use them and trim them regularly then they will bush out and fill that entire square foot easily.

Hey, col sprgs. I do pretty well with tomatoes in containers now - just interested in some of the above mentioned varieties as they come up in various threads in this tomato forum. I am already harvesting and putting some away - my third batch this morning. Cherry types are prolific and I am almost to the point of taking some to the food shelf because we have so many. Don't forget that if you have extra - you know, grow an extra row. I'm interested in the greenhouses - not too big - so that I can get more things out earlier.