There are two things you need to know about Crabby. First, I love fresh tomatoes. Second, I'm a sucker for all those late night infomercials with products designed to improve my life beyond any reasonable expectation. Normally I ignore them, but occasionally, whether due to exhaustion or over consumption of wine, I end up trying one of these "god-sends".

It has been a truly glorious spring weekend here in Michigan. Probably the first and last before the summer's humid onslaught. It was a perfect weekend to plant the garden, and the Topsy Turvy. So here are some photos. I'll post updates as the summer progresses. I planted 6 plants in this contraption (with the expectation that 2 or 3 won't survive), and only 1 "conventionally", so if thing doesn't work... Well, no guts, no glory.

3 comments:
Oooooooo! I can't wait to see how well it works.
I've had the worst luck with tomatoes in the last few years. Years ago I had the cheapest, thinnest, crappiest, surely from K-mart plastic pots that were left by a previous owner of the house I was living in at the time. The tomato plants were always in need of water but produced prolifically and tasted wonderful. Then I moved and bought some relatively expensive water resevoir pots and have had crappy harvests and lack luster flavored tomatoes ever since. I could use some infomerical ones. What kinds of tomatoes did you plant in them?
Hi Maggie,
It does seem that good drainage is a big factor. This year I've planted 2 heirloom types ( 2 Brandywine and 2 Mt. Spring, both bought at the local farmers market) as well as 2 old reliables, (1 Beefmaster and 1 Better Boy).
We'll see how it works out.
I love fresh tomatoes too and am looking forward to seeing how your upside down planter fares.
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