I Like to Get My Creative On
It’s been a very fruitful day for me today. I’ve managed to cross quite a few items off of my “to-do” list. The biggest, however, was figuring out a way to support my colossal tomato plants. I purchased some small tomato plants a few weeks ago, and in a very short amount of time, they have become a juggernaut to deal with.
I’ve tried using a variety of objects to support their rapid growth, including: chopsticks, chopsticks taped together, rulers, and sticks. But no matter what I did, the tomato plants kept ‘on a growin, and kept toppling over because of their weight.
So, today I went for a very long walk to the closest gardening store to buy wire cages for them. However, when I got home, I realized after many failed attempts (and some fallen ‘maters) that the cages were too small for my huge plants.
So, I did what I commonly do in this kind of scenario and called my mother (Bob). She had a lot of recommendations, but the most feasible one was to create a “tripod” system of supports, and use panty hose to tie the plants to the support system (it turns out that panty hose don’t damage the stems like other “stringy” items do).
So, (I like “so”) I went to the 99 cents store a block away and surveyed the place for “support items.” I considered buying mops, toilet plungers, and a variety of other gadgets. And then I found some super cheap gold colored curtain rods!
I came home, and set up the curtain rods in a tripod position (and the cool thing is that you can lengthen them!) and then cut up an old pair of panty hose to tie the whole contraption together. And voila! I now have two awesome tomato towers.
T-minus two days until my pre-residency vacation (and having the luxury of spending 3 hours creating tomato towers) is over!
Photos:
1) My new ‘mater towers.
2) The Parkside Avenue subway station (beside my apartment) in Brooklyn.