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Sep 25, - This Pin was discovered by Nancy Yandell. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest. Sep 06, tomato cage (or 2) fake fall leaves garland (enough to cover your tomato cage) urn planter (or 2) clear Christmas lights. First I brought in 2 tomato cages from outside. I have about 10 tomato cages outside to protect newly planted shrubs and trees from our (apparently starving) dogs who have a taste for any kind of greenery that is invading Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Sep 23, Grab a pipe cleaner and attach it to the tomato cage. Accordion fold one piece of mesh. Accordion fold another piece of mesh. Hold them together, side by side. Twist them in the pipe cleaner. Repeat. Clip the excess pipe cleaner legs to make them shorter. Keep adding the mesh until the entire tomato cage is covered.

More is more. Oct 13, To do this, just hold two ruffles, place a piece of a chenille stem or flora wire over the top of the ruffle and twist a couple growing rose bush from cuttings turns from the underneath side. Then place that ruffle over the wire of the tomato cage or where ever you need to fill in and twist the ends of the ruffle Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. May 05, It’s a huge bummer when your tomato plants fall over.

You spend all this time babying and nurturing them only to find that they fall over in their cages during a bad wind or rainstorm.

Choosing the right support for your specific tomato variety and placing it in the ground when you plant your seedling will prevent them from falling.

May 05, Try it - put the cage in the dirt when the legs are pointed inwards, even just a little. It will be pretty easy to push from either direction. The key to a really sturdy tomato cage is pull all the legs outwards at about 45 degree angles and then shove it into the dirt at least inches, more if you can.

Aug 26, Tomato Cage Fall Topiary Posted by craftingsistas on August 26, August 27, I was looking around on bushcutting.bar for some new-to-me ideas when I came across a blog by Gina from Texas and she had made topiaries using pine garland and tomato cages.