Potatoes!
:lol: sorry, I know its not really in fitting with your lovely orchard you are setting up (u promised pics right?!) but I have potatoes on the brain, and that happens to be how i'm planting mine this year :)
I thought these things were great...in theory.
I realised they might not be the best when, after putting in my teeny tomatoe plant and filling with moist soil, I could hardly lift the thing onto the hook!
Then, since I had hung it about 6' high the next challenge was watering the darn thing...
I will be trying the tire tower as well this year.
Last year was my first time growing potatoes and trying to hill the soil was frustrating to say the least. My garden is a recalimed hay field, and that was my first year with it.