The hanging tomato experiment

Thanks to all of y'all for talking me into more blogging. Today, the amazing story of how I made my own upside down tomato hanger. The premise here is based on the commercially available topsy-turvy, a product that sells for about $10 on the internets.

To make my own, I started with two Trader Joe's grocery bags at $0.99 apiece, and a section of the Sunday New York Times.









The hardest part was threading the plant through the slit I cut in the paper.

Then I threaded the rest of the plant through a cut I made in the bottom of the bag. Nerve wracking stuff here, I know.





















Here is what the plant looked like after I finished threading it through.















And finally, I hung the two bags on a shepherd's hook next to the house. My idea here was to get some radiant heat to encourage growth during the long summer days.

Of course, this was a stupid idea now that I live in Portland, Oregon. It's been 60 degrees and raining ever since I planted.