Gardening with the" New Generation"

Now that the Obama girls are into gardening, I feel the younger generation will take more
interest in gardening. Especially in this down economy we are experiencing.
As my family lives in Southern California where we don't worry about temperatures going much below 50 degrees F. we can get a jump start on early gardening.
We spent one Sunday in the beginning of February putting together the Topsy Turvy tomato plants with the help of our three grandchildren "our newest generation". We bought the Miracle Gro Soil for Tomatoes to give them a good start.We chose a very sunny place as tomatoes require sun at least 80% of their growing season.
I stood on a ladder to hang them from the roof of my patio and unfortunately misplaced my foot coming down and sprained my ankle. The kids were able to help me and take over the job.
We set up a schedule for watering every 2 days, fertilizing every 2 weeks with Miracle Gro and pruning the leaves. The tomatoes need to be exposed to the air and sun so the less leaves, the better.
The kids really enjoy watching the plants grow and are eager to make their own garden without my help. They have great plans for different vegetables.
They feel they are in competition with the White House. I will post photo's of their progress and maybe send one to Malia and Sasha Obama.

Topsy Turvy tomato plants are ideal for apartments with small balconies and mobile homes with no garden space.

If there is a forecast for frost just wrap a sheet around the container.