I love seeing everyone's gardens.
Phoenix, like you said you're learning a lot for when you have more time, and it looks pretty successful too.
Moutaineer, I hear you on the growing season. I occasionally think about moving more into the mountains, and then realize that gardening really wouldn't be a thing. About the only thing we can't grow in Boise is citrus - otherwise it's a gardener's paradise, just add water.
Heddy, I love the bucket garden. I'm also really envying your fence!
khall wrote:BTW what is your favorite tomato containers/cages? I need something better than what I have.
Mine are made of concrete remesh wire, which is wire mesh with like 6" openings, so it's easy to reach through. They are 6' tall and 2' diameter so they contain large unruly indeterminates. They can also be unhooked and nested together for storage which is handy. I bought a 150' roll of the remesh so I have almost 20 cages (it also makes great trellis if you don't want that many cages, or there is 5' tall sold in smaller pieces). You can see one in the foreground of my second photo. I zip tie them together for stability and then stake the corners with a piece of rebar. I call it my "Tomato Fortress".
My tomato plants seem kind of small for this time of year. I started them a little late, but they should have taken off more by now. I did spy the first almost-ripe grape tomato yesterday (grappa d'invierno).