This week I did a lot of planting on the deck. Last year I loved the feel of having tons of plants around, so this year I want to have even more. I had a big shopping trip to get supplies for my first two projects: upside down tomatoes, a morning glory wall.
Upside down tomatoes:
A few years ago I tried to plant tomatoes in my back garden and they were all eaten by groundhogs. So this year Mama suggested I try planting them upside down in hanging baskets. I did some research online and then made these:
Each has a tomato plant growing out of the bottom and marigolds and nasturtiums seeds planted on top (I have read these are both good companion plants for tomatoes). I used three different types of determinate tomatoes: a roma, a celebrity, and a patio vine tomato. To fill the baskets I used a mixture of organic garden soil and organic cow manure compost. I soaked the nasturtium seeds overnight and planted them around the outside of each basket. I got two types, a variegated clumping variety (Alaska mix) and a regular trailing variety (Fordhook favorites mix). The baskets even look nice from inside the house and should only get better as they mature:
The morning glory wall:
I wanted to add a little privacy from the neighbors and make the deck feel more jungle-y. So I've planted two window boxes with a variety of morning glory seeds, and put up a trellis for them to grow up.
I'll put updated pictures on here as they grow. My next project will be a succulent pot for the coffee table on the deck.
Doesn't it look great. And when the plants fill in it should be quite jungle-y.
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