Three common methods for trellising tomatoes are the single stake method, the low and lean method, and the cattle panel method. We’ve got a bed dedicated to each method in our garden this year to compare them side by side. Each of these trellising methods has pros and cons and can be adapted for different types of tomatoes or growing conditions. The following post will review each type in detail and share anecdotes from our experiment, including our failures!

Seed packets are akin to food labels, it seems no one really reads them anymore and if they do, they aren’t sure what they’re reading. There’s a lot of jargon that I often take for granted - hardiness zone, hardening, direct sow, transplant, maturity, annual, biennial, and that’s just on the seed packet! Let’s decode some of this info so you can get growing with confidence this season!