I just received an email from a reader telling me about tomato towers – 3 for $15.26. These are not the ones I use. These inexpensive ones have only 3 wires that go into the ground for support AND they are 1/2 the size of the ones I use.

The ones I like have 4 wires that go into the ground for support and they are much larger in mass. Same height – but bigger. These will be twice the price — but in my opinion are much better if your tomatoes are heavy and bushy like mine.

There are also some that are heavier wire, large in mass like the 4 wire, have 3 wires and also very stable because of the way they go straight down rather than taper out at the bottom like the think ones. I haven’t seen these around — so I’m not sure they are making them anymore.

See links in my comment above this one. If there’s interest I’ll do a post with more explanation
Theresa

You might look at Burpee

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I also am picking lettuce, arugula, spinach, kale, onions, radish and have tomatoes (some have blossoms), peppers (peppers and tomatoes have walls of water protecting them)in the ground. Picked our first broccoli a few days ago.

Asparagus is almost finished. I pick a couple each day, bring them in the house. blanch for three minutes, pop into a bowl of ice water, then put them in a jar of pickling brine in the refrigerator. Soon I will have a full quart of pickled asparagus. Peas are flowering and we picked a couple of small pods for a “taste”.

Going to plant the “winter sown” method squash and cukes this weekend. Thank you again.