The Chipmunk loved the colored tomato cages that the garden stores are carrying now and was very upset when I explained to him that they were really too small for our tomatoes. They didn't really have the color he loved anyway. So, we came up with another option.
54in tomato cages and a can of Rustoleum in the perfect shade of blue!
We did it ourselves and they are better quality, more useful, AND CHEAPER than the ones being sold at the garden center.
Next up...strawberries in hanging baskets
We did a little comparison shopping with these. They were more expensive at the local family owned garden center than they were at the big box store. We talked about that, and then decided that it was better this time to support a local business and get locally grown plants than it would be to pay a little bit less.
THAT is a happy child!
And THIS is a little clay mushroom that we couldn't resist getting and painting with the last of our Rustoleum :)
We learned so much today, from comparison shopping to companion planting (marigolds and tomatoes). Tomorrow the tomatoes go in!
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