Those are really nice! One day I may try and get that creative. Try some tiny creeping elfin thyme. It is very low and hussock forming. I think it would be perfect. This one is only about 1 inch high, and remains tight and matted in the fun. And flowers too!

I think determinate varieties of tomatoes grow quite well upside down, with most of the failures coming from growing indeterminate varieties. Here's a photo from a guy who tried both ways, and what he had to say about it. "I'm following your upside-down planter project with great interest & thought you may be interested in my experiment. My regular garden tomato row soil has become so plagued with disease (wilt & blight) that this is the last year for quite awhile that I'll plant there. I figured that I'd try some hanging plants to see how they'd do, my trials with pots have failed miserably. I got one Topsy Turvy planter & planted a Goliath in it May 6th & at the same time planted a Big Beef in a bag of topsoil just to see what it would do. The Big Beef grew so well, I decided to find a way to hang it where there was full sun all day. I just bought a cheap landing net, drilled a hole in the handle & hung it on a clothesline pole. This plant is now far & away my biggest, healthiest plant (in-ground or hanging). The upside-down plant is also doing well (both have 4 tomatoes on) but the stem on the bagged plant is much thicker & the plant seems much more robust. I don't know if this is due to the plant being more vigorous growing up toward the sun versus growing down (with the help of gravity!) in the Topsy Turvy but I'm leaning toward planting most of my plants that way next season. I also experimented with planting mediums - there's sphagnum moss only in the upside-down planter & a mix of moss & potting soil in the middle bag (a mature Husky Red that I just planted last weekend, it matures in 65 days so it should do well this late). There's no disease on any of them, while the in-ground plants are starting to yellow already. Didn't mean to take up your time but I thought I'd share my project results so far, I'll keep tabs on your updates. If you'd like I can send you pics later in the season when "the jury is in" on which ones do the best. Thanks for your time & good luck - we all need a bit of that growing tomatoes!" -Steve in Central Indiana" Granny Here is a link that might be useful:

Debbie - I'm in east Orlando. My neighbor says she has a lot of stained glass from a long-forgotten hobby so maybe we can combine our stashes! I used AcrylPro Ceramic Tile Adhesive ("For wall and floor tile installations") from Lowes. I put it in a zip-lock bag and cut the corner off (like a pastry bag) then applied the goop directly to each tile piece. There are several sites with instructions for bowling balls and mushroom shapes on the internet as well as a wealth of information on the 'stained glass and mosaics' forum. Because some parts of the wall have been up for over a year - without grout! - I can affirm that it stands up to the Florida weather! This picture shows that the wall is partially protected from weather but still gets full blast late afternoon sun and frequent rain.

My bad - I must've hit the submit button twice by accident. Definitely go to the other post, that's where everyone else is posting. chaparralgirl