Little tomato plants and their supports. I'll post another photo later in the season as they grow.
I plan the get them in today, along with the eggplant seedlings and some zucchini and winter squash seeds. I've also planted the corn, thirty-six seeds, four in each of nine mounds in another square plot. Winter squash will go in between the mounds and I will plant climbing beans among the corn plants once they sprout. And then there's the cucumber tree (more about that later).
I love the spiral tuteurs - they say French cottage garden to me. The gentle art of tomato winding is to come. No ties needed - to think of the backbreaking hours I spent in UK tying tomato plants to canes just makes me ache to think about it. We tried the "three sisters" of corn, squash and beans but I don't think we got it right - the squash were miserable but the beans grew very strongly and pulled the corn plants over. We didn't get the spacing right, I think. P.
ReplyDeleteI love those supports. It looks at this point like a sculpture garden.
ReplyDeletepauline, I don't know if I got the spacing right, either. I followed a pattern I saw on the internet. Time will tell.
ReplyDeletemitch, you're right! Now I like it even more. :)
You know I go bezerk with jealousy seeing toms a-growing!
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