On May 1st, I bought 3 coconut shredded hanging baskets. I cut the bottom with scissors to make an X. I gently guided my cherry tomato plant through the cut X until I had all of the little leaves poking out of the bottom. I did this with all three baskets, although I replaced one of the cherry tomato's with a Big Boy just to experiment and see if the yield, by the middle of summer would be too much for a hanging basket to handle.

After I placed the plants carefully through the X, I placed potting soil over the root system and smoothed out the soil. I then planted the herbs that we had started from seed on the surface of the dirt. I planted parsley, basil, tarragon and thyme. I also added a Kimono plant that stays very low, for color. I added a little chicken doodle to each basket and gently watered. I hung them up by the car port and hoped for the best.

For the first week the poor plants just sagged there like a chicken would hang after slaughter. By the second week I knew they were out of shock because all of them were trying to perk up their heads towards the sunlight. By the third week they had kicked in and were growing like crazy.

It has been seven weeks now and I have several bunches of cherry tomato's on each of my two plants. The Big Boy plant has over 20 dime diameter tomato's on it and I am hoping that it won't be too much weight for the plant to carry. This was done as an experiment so we will have to wait and see.

If you live in an apartment or just don't have very much garden space like me, I believe this is the perfect solution. I have heard that you can use a variety of garden plants. Next year I plan on doing just that. With the cost of food skyrocketing it is an ideal way to save money and eat healthy. I have placed several pictures online if you are interested in seeing how they are turning out. Pictures of Tomato Hanging Baskets.