As the summer went on, the tomatoes kept growing. They were some of the most prolific plants in the garden, growing at least 4″ everyday. Eventually, their stems started falling over as they began developing fruit.
-Insert Kayla and Jared-
It was our job to trellis the tomatoes to support the plants. This was easy work, but very time consuming. Most of the tomatoes were planted on the perimeter of the gardens, up against the fence. We tied string loosely to bottom stems, and then up to the fence. Tomatoes planted in the open were not as easy.
To provide support for these plants, we had to first drive stakes into the ground. Because the stakes were 12′ in length, we had to stand on ladders and use a stake hammer to pound them about 2′ into the soil. This was a lot of fun and the stake hammer, “Le Smasher,” was really heavy so this was another good workout. We spaced the stakes at 5′ intervals.
Once the stakes were in, we secured lengths of 2 x 4s across the tops with rope. Now we were able to use the same string trellising technique as before. Instead of tying off on the fence, we used the 2 x 4s. The project came out really well and eventually created solid walls of tomatoes.
Tomato stakes in place 
“Le Smasher”
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