Tomato plants on garage roof?

Some of the best tomato plants I have seen were on Godsil’s garage roof yesterday. Now tomatoes on a roof seems like an upside down idea but it works. I think tomatoes need lots of humid heat and water, of which we have one or the other in Wisconsin but seldom both together. In contrast, when I was in the St. Louis area, the capital of humid heat and rain, the tomatoes were doing great. Also my friend Tegan’s tomato plants were doing great in Bay View. But she mulches to keep the roots from drying out. Tomatoes are an excellent home garden plant. I will have plenty small ones soon but already have some ideas of how to make changes to grow bigger and better tomatoes next year. One idea, the driver on the ride from airport home gave me, is an upside down planting of tomatoes. Someone gave me three great web sites on growing tomatoes upside down, which I will share with anyone interested, or in postings in the future. Upside down tomatoes also make good use of vertical space, which is important in urban gardening.

Tonight my wife and I watched the movie inspired by the life of Bob Dylan called “I am not there.” Six or so actors, from a child to man to woman play the various dimension of this song-story person. However, one recurring theme is how the character of Dylan always tried to turn things upside down. He never did, and still does not, conform to stereotypes. People got mad at him for doing this, like the time he went from a folk acoustic guitar to the rock sound of an electric guitar, but he keeps on doing it. His life has been a “hard rain falling”, style but he has done it well. Being upside down, be it a tomato plant or Bob Dylan, can produce more fruit.

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