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Not just for tomatoes

Giant stacks of tomato cages grace garden center floors every year, supposedly for growing tomatoes. But gardeners are a creative lot, and when you’re not using them for their intended purpose, there are plenty of uses for these handy frames—and they don’t involve tomatoes at all! Check out a few ideas here.

1 Protect from temperatures

When temperatures dip near freezing, cover a tomato cage with row cover or landscape fabric to keep

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