Caging vs. Sprawling

[camochef]

Carolyn,
My statement wasn't an attack upom you or Freda or anyone else. It was simply astatement of what is. 5 years ago I could manage everything in the gardens too. but not anymore! I've gotten older and I'm unable to do as much as I used too. It's simply fact.
I planted this years gardens pretty much crawling. By the time I was halfway down the last row of the last garden, my back locked up. I couldn't do much at all. I'm talking walking, standing, even sitting comfortably. Mrs Camo, who's legally blind, had to finish that last row for me.
I was aware of your situation, although not all the exact dates, and I knew you were a strong supporter of sprawling. I also know many follow your example, I know I did when I first started with heirlooms after reading your book. After all, you were the source of information! I was simply trying to say that situations change and if I had to depend on sprawling now, I couldn't do it. Cages are the only way for me to grow tomatoes now. Although one year I grew them between rows of fencing and that worked too, just required a lot more fencing than cutting it up and making cages.
I'm sorry if you took offense as none was intended, I would never do that intentionally. Like I said earlier, to each their own. For me thats caging, especially now that I have all that money invested in cages and stakes. Although next year I'm not doing tomatoes, its back to alliums, peppers and beans. I can still use cages for beans.
Camo