Bamboo tomato cage

I need these for my overgrown tomato plants! DIY Bamboo Tomato Cage via www.gardentherapy.ca

While some plants – like broccoli, corn, lettuce, and cabbage – grow just fine on their own, others need a support system in place to ensure they are strong, healthy, and productive. Not only will

I’ve mentioned here before that my neighbor generously gives us fresh produce from his garden every year. Vine ripened tomatoes, bell peppers in assorted colors, fresh zucchini, beans and more. Once you’ve been spoiled with home grown produce it’s hard to go back to store bought vegetables. I’ve also always put off growing my own vegetables because bags of my neighbor’s harvest would show up on my doorstep. Sadly, my neighbor is quite elderly and his health is failing. It’s hard to see him…

Bamboo poles will last for a number of years before they become too brittle to use as a trellis for your tomatoes anymore, and they don't take up a lot of space to store in a pile or leaning against a shed in the winter. With some bamboo and biodegradable twine you should have everything you need for strong and tall tomato trellises that cost you virtually nothing and will return fertility to the soil when they are no longer in use. Click to watch our How-to…

I’ve shared before the unexpected garden treasure I received from my elderly neighbor next door, whose husband planted bamboo some years before his passing, hoping to furnish the growth to ou…

... Remember that bamboo we got from neighbor-gardeners ? Well, Robb and I used it to build the World's Most Gigantic Tomato Cages. Fir...

Planning your veggie garden as we speak? You'll get lots of ideas from this post!

If you grow indeterminate tomatoes, these tomato trellis designs and ideas will make you head on out to the hardware store and get to building!