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Re: Handy Garden "Thingies"-Milk Crates,ETC.

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I haven't finsihed reading all my messages yet so maybe someone else
mentioned it- but to solve the problem of the height with the cages- I just
wired two together- But I used -I think it must have been hogwire?- the
kinds of wire you use in pastures( I found it on the side of the road so who
knows????) it had some 2X4 inch square and some bigger squares - that were
good for reaching in and picking toms.Iwired two 3 foot lengths together in
squares and then I did just what margaret said-cut the bottom  off to shove
it into the ground- then used rebar to stabilize.I also grew a couple on my
trellis in my beds and they did well but I (dug deeper for this year) and
also I plunked two into 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled into the bottom
into the ground  in a sunny spot and put cages over them.- They did REALLY
well. An old scandanavian neighbor turned me onto that- he said they like
their roots cool and their tops warm.Best tips I got were to add grass
clippings and espson salts every so often. - Strangest thing I found was
that we only had one tomato worm all last year. and that was at the end of
the season.I used NO pesticicides- I'm pretty new to veggie gardening-so
haven't got a clue why- but I was suprised.
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: Handy Garden "Thingies"-Milk Crates,ETC.


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> I, too, have had some toppling toms when using the circular ring cages.
My
> raised beds are in a fairly windy spot (my house is on top of a mesa, if
we
> may be said to have mesas in Maryland...).
>
> The square cages are considerably more stable, plus they fold flat for
> better storage in the off season.
>
> Now if they'd only make them a full 6 feet tall so, after you stick 6
> inches of the leg-posts into the dirt, they're still tall enough to help
> contain the bigger varieties....
>
> Gardeners Supply catalog has them, and I've also bought them (cheaper) at
> Home Depot.
>
> --Janet
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