I made a frame for my tomatoes.

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I found some parts that were left over when I dismantled an old lawn swing that work perfectly to create a box type framework for my tomato plants in our backyard. The thing I need to do now is to drape the bird netting over it and secure it well using kite string. The thing with growing tomatoes in the garden in Dallas, is the birds and the squirrels attack them unless there is some kind of netting around them. The idea is to make sure the netting is raised well above the tops of the plants and not actually touching the tomatoes. The birds will still get at the tomatoes if the netting is not higher up than the plants themselves. The netting doesn't block sunlight or rain water from getting to the plants and I can easily open up one end come harvest time or to pull the weeds as needed around the ground. I use only regular soil mixed with some natural mulch and a few extra bags of Miracle Grow soil to get these hearty tomatoes to grow. Other than that my only other adversary would be the Texas Fire Ant. That might require I get hold of some amdro or maybe some Sevin dust.