All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Topsy Turvy’
The Secrets to Growing Upside-Down Tomatoes for a Prolific Harvest in a Tiny Space
Upside-down tomatoes make a great use of space but there are a few important things to know so that your efforts will be fruitful. Grow prolific upside-down tomato plants with these 9 essential tips and tricks. There are many types of upside-down tomato planters available and none are expensive in the least. I have seen many people who use 5-gallon …
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Project Update: Hanging Strawberry Planter
Not a whole lot of work went into my hanging strawberry planter project. I tucked some extra runners into a hanging planter I found at a thrift store and hung it off the garage. I’ve kept it watered for 2 months now and look how well it is doing. It is covered in little green strawberries and a ton of flowers. …
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Weekend Project: Hanging Strawberry Planter
This project has more recent updates. For all the posts related to this project click here. For the past 2 years I have been growing tomatoes in those fugly Topsy Turvy planters. Sure they are ugly, but I don’t have a lot of space and I love a lot of tomatoes and they actually do grow great tomatoes. Last year …
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Topsy Turvy Update: Still Ugly, but the Tomatoes are Yummy
At the end of June I posted a summary of my 2008 Topsy Turvy failure and my 2009 outline for success in Topsy Turvy: Ugly as Stink But Good Tomatoes. And a sucess it was! In August and September, I have had more tomatoes than I knew what to do with. It’s mid- September, and they are still going strong. I …
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Oven-Dried Grape Tomatoes Recipe
These oven-dried grape tomatoes make me feel like I’ve been transported to Italy, and they’re a cinch to make. I love tomatoes no matter what, but one of my favorite ways to eat them is when they’re dried. Drying the tomatoes brings out their flavor, making them taste bolder and more rich. You don’t need a food dehydrator to make these tasty dried …
Read MoreTopsy Turvy: Ugly as Stink But Good Tomatoes
I grew Topsy Turvy Tomatoes last year on my garage. I put 2 tomato plants (as they recommended) in each of my 3 planters and got only about 15 cherry tomatoes and 4 regular tomatoes. I also tried a zucchini plant which didn’t grow any fruit. I think that there were a number of factors working against me last year: …
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