"l, not -l" > wrote in message
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>
> On 3-May-2009, Kajikit > wrote:
>
>> >
>> >I KNOW it's morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money but this
>> >is
>> >ridiculous.
>> >
>> Maybe people who don't have a nice sunny garden bed available to plant
>> conventional tomatoes in?
>
> Or elderly people who want home-grown tomatoes; but, haven't the strength
> and flexibility to plant, weed, stake and harvest from plants grown in the
> traditional manner. My 87 year-old mother has similar, made by my BIL out
> of a large bucket, hung from the old clothes line pole by a chain. Last
> year it produced a number of tasty tomatoes without her having to stake
> the
> plant even bend over to weed and pick them.
>
> While a porch may not be the best location for one, the idea itself is not
> as stupid as has been portrayed. The negative comments show a lack of
> ability, or willingness, to see beyond ones own situation and at $10, or
> less if made from discarded materials, certainly doesn't make one a
> "sucker". It was a wonderful thing for my mother to have, allowing her to
> have a sense of accomplishment in tending her "garden" though encumbered
> by
> the infirmities of age and a portable oxygen supply.
>
> Sometimes, that which seems absurd, is simply something not well
> understood.
> --
> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.



I must agree with this! But it's easy (as you said) to make your own
planter. If you have a place to hang and secure a bucket and the necessary
potting soil, etc., who says tomatoes have to grow UP?

Jill