#1: Picture of my container tomato cages

Posted on 2006-06-08 23:38:08 by Mark Anderson

I just finished the initial structure of the cages that will support my
8 container tomato patch. You can see it at:

http://www.brandylion.com/images/tomato-cages.jpg

I built this quickly without a level or framing square so this structure
isn't up to my usual quality construction. :-) It's built entirely
with scrap wood I had laying around and cost me only $6 for a box of
screws. As the plants grow I'll be adding more lathing to it depending
on where the branches grow.

Had this area been in a more public space I would have painted and
squared it up better but since it's not, I'm just letting the wood deal
with the weather on its own. It only took me about 2 hours to put
together.

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#2: Re: Picture of my container tomato cages

Posted on 2006-06-09 01:20:54 by robson

Mark Anderson wrote:
> I just finished the initial structure of the cages that will support my
> 8 container tomato patch. You can see it at:
>
> http://www.brandylion.com/images/tomato-cages.jpg
>
> I built this quickly without a level or framing square so this structure
> isn't up to my usual quality construction. :-) It's built entirely
> with scrap wood I had laying around and cost me only $6 for a box of
> screws. As the plants grow I'll be adding more lathing to it depending
> on where the branches grow.
>
> Had this area been in a more public space I would have painted and
> squared it up better but since it's not, I'm just letting the wood deal
> with the weather on its own. It only took me about 2 hours to put
> together.

Neat. I'm sure the plants don't care about the finished product.

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#3: Re: Picture of my container tomato cages

Posted on 2006-06-09 05:42:53 by Freckles

"Mark Anderson" <mea@nospambrandylion.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ef254bb2861049e989933@chi.news.speakeasy.net...
>I just finished the initial structure of the cages that will support my
> 8 container tomato patch. You can see it at:
>
> http://www.brandylion.com/images/tomato-cages.jpg
>
> I built this quickly without a level or framing square so this structure
> isn't up to my usual quality construction. :-) It's built entirely
> with scrap wood I had laying around and cost me only $6 for a box of
> screws. As the plants grow I'll be adding more lathing to it depending
> on where the branches grow.
>
> Had this area been in a more public space I would have painted and
> squared it up better but since it's not, I'm just letting the wood deal
> with the weather on its own. It only took me about 2 hours to put
> together.


Great idea! One question. Shouldn't there be spacing between each container
for the plants to spread out?

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#4: Re: Picture of my container tomato cages

Posted on 2006-06-09 08:59:58 by Mark Anderson

In article freckles1507@comcast.net says...
> Great idea! One question. Shouldn't there be spacing between each container
> for the plants to spread out?

LOL. I think you're right! I'm going to spread them out. Another pic
will follow. :-)

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