An interesting place for sunflowers

My father bought some sunflower seeds early in the season. Both of us have been quite excited to plant them but both soon discovered that we had no idea where to plant them. While working in the garden planting other vegetables, I came upon my solution.

My tomatoes are planted on the outside of wire cages made from concrete remesh. This has worked very well in past years as a support for the plants. Most gardeners plant just one single plant in each tower. I take a different approach and plant 4 plants all on the outside. While looking at the cages, I realized that there is probably enough room inside of each cage for sunflowers. Since sunflowers tend to be fairly sparse lower on the plant I shouldn’t have a problem with crowding. I also have had some problems with the wind knocking my plants over. The cages should also solve this problem since they will be growing inside of the wire cage.

Obviously, this is all an experiment. If all progresses well, then I should have nice tomatoes, highlighted by sunflowers poking out the top.