Fallen Souffle

I became obsessed with these planters while I visited my parent’s last weekend. My Mom has purchases 3 cylindrical planters from Amazon and has them hanging form her clothes line. I have never had much of a green thumb, I think my sister got it. Nonetheless, I thought it was worth trying myself as I know I spend a lot of money on tomatoes over the summer when the cost of a plant is about $2.50. So I was all ready to buy a few planters when Evan suggested I try and make them myself. So after a few days researching and thinking and planning and waiting for Saturday to get here, I finally went to Ace Hardware to purchase a medium hanging planter and a few plants. I decided to go with a grape tomato variety as I use those most in salads and fresh sauces. Then I got the ingenious idea to put a basil plant on top so I have the whole Italian thing going on, basically sauce in a pot! Ha!

So I simply used a box cutter to cut out a small circle of the pot out then carefully pushed the roots of the tomato plant though so the roots are in the inside of the pot and the plant is growing out the bottom. I then hung it on my mini flag pole and filled it with potting soil. I then plated the basil in as you would a normal plant. This pot is quite heavy, so I put it on a post in our backward that used to hold our hammock, I figured if the hook could hold Evan it could hold this pot. My only concern right now is that my pot is too small, but I can always transplant it if need be, but I wanted to try something small and cheap to see how it would work.

I will keep you posted on the fruits of my labor!

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