When we decided to add home allotment bags from Burgon & Ball to our store inventory, we bought a bunch of plants to put in them to take the site pictures. We used at least five different plants to fill the big bag, with tomatoes, peppers and corn and we used tons of herbs in the smaller bags.

After we got the shots we needed, I decided to put some of the plants from the big bag into the garden and boy am I glad that I did. The tomato plant that I left on the left side of the bag that started out with about 15 leaves is by far the largest tomato plant we have today. It has grown fuller and taller than any of the ones in the garden and while it is not the fastest to produce ripe tomatoes, it is going to be very prolific. We bought the shorter three panel cages but I am thinking it may soon be time for the larger model. You can hardly see the marigold that lives beneath this behemoth.

With the smaller herb bags, I moved the lavender out of the one on the left and the pineapple mint out of the right bag and again, looking at them now, it was a good decision. The remaining herbs are all extremely happy and healthy.

The plants in our garden are also doing well, but I am loving these bags!  In my opinion, this is container gardening at it’s best.

Home allotment bags when planted

Home allotment bags today