By Danny Thompson

[This article is part 4 of a 5 article series. View part 1 of the series.]

Liberation

The whole point of Tim Ferriss’s book, the 4 Hour Work Week, is to get the maximum enjoyment out of life with the absolute minimal stress and time spent on things that we don’t like.

This idea of liberation should be the guiding factor in any sort of 4HWW approach you take. If you enjoy the process of weeding or pruning or watering, then don’t eliminate or automate those parts.

This isn’t streamlining for the sake of streamlining, but for the sake of spending time doing what we enjoy.

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By Danny Thompson

[This article is part 3 of a 5 article series. View part 1 of the series.]

Automation

This is the third part in our five-part look at Tim Ferriss’s book, the 4 Hour Work Week.

So far we have looked at defining our expectations of our garden and eliminating as many unnecessary tasks as possible.

Once you have eliminated all of the unnecessary tasks in your garden, the next step is to automate as many of the remaining tasks as you can.

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By Danny Thompson

[This article is part 2 of a 5 article series. View part 1 of the series.]

Elimination

In part two of our attempt to apply the principles of Tim Ferriss’s book, the 4 Hour Work Week, to our favorite food, we are going to look at the principle of Elimination.

Ferriss explains how he has used this principle to establish an information-diet, and only checks his email once a week.

The point is to eliminate the unnecessary time-wasters in order to spend our time doing the things we love.

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By Danny Thompson

[This article is part 1 of a 5 article series.]

Description

Tim Ferriss’s new book, 4 Hour Work Week, outlines a simple formula for anyone to build a successful business (and life) through the key principles of Definition, Elimination, Automation and Liberation (DEAL).

Is it possible to apply those same principles to successful tomato cultivation?

I think it is, and that’s what I’ll be looking at in this five-part series.

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By Tomato Queen

It should come a no shock that tomatoes have natural allies in the plant world.

These allies help protect the tomato from pests and predators, leave nutrients in the soil that help the plants and fruit to grow, improve flavor, and in turn benefit from the tomato plant properties.

Friends of the Tomato

As a rule of thumb, consider planting your tomatoes near: carrots, beans, celery, cucumbers, lettuces, mint, garlic, chives, parsley, borage, bee balm, oregano, sage, or marigolds.

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