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This is my final review of the Topsy Turvy planter.
My overall impression of the hanging planter has been favorable.  While my neighbors plants in the ground have been attacked by snails and other pests, my plants have been pest free.  And now it is the beginning of the harvest.
I can now call this experiment a success.  [...]

In a typical suburban home, the lawn consumes more water than just about anything else.  A thousand square foot lawn watered for fifteen minutes, three times a week uses about 5,400 gallons of water per month.
In desert climates, lawn is especially inappropriate.  Albuquerque, NM averages less than nine inches of rainfall per year, but Kentucky [...]

Here is an update to my Topsy Turvy plant experiment.
 It has been 47 days since I planted my tomato and cucumber plants in the hanging planters. 
The tomato plant is doing well and as you can see has its first blossum.  It still seems a little confused about hanging upside down.  It has wanted to grow up [...]

The continuing review of the Topsy Turvy planter.
According to the instructions, which focus on tomatoe plants, your tomatoe seedling needs to good and solid, with a stem about the size of a pencil.  it needs to have four to six leaves and no blossoms.
Try as I might, I could not find this mystical tomatoe plant at my [...]

You have probably seen the commercials.  Plant tomatoes on your balcony etc etc
Last season I planted tomatoes in my backyard.  They did pretty well.  But there was the concern with snails and other pests as well as the cats doing unmentionable things.
So this year I decided to try the Topsy Turvy planter.  It seems simple enough.  I [...]