I tried out the Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter last summer and I swear it's just plain cool to grow tomatoes upside down. It eliminates the hassles of weeding, pests, hole digging, flimsy stakes and cages, and bending over to water, tend and harvest. Well, this year let me introduce you to something equally cool, the Plug 'N Gro-Bag - Vertical Grow Bag ($15). Now you can grow up to 12 plants using an all new "plug" system. Simply take the root ball of your favorite flowers, herbs, berries and/or veggies and plug them into the clamshell, open weave planting sleeves and plug them in. Now just fill up the Plug 'N Gro-Bag with standard potting soil, hang it up (vertically!) and water and feed through the top. If you have no luck as a gardener, but want to grow some of your favorites from the comfort of your deck or apartment balcony, it doesn't get any simpler or cooler than this. I'm getting one, just so I can have a ridiculous amounts of strawberries all summer!

• Easy pruning and harvesting
• Takes up just over 1 square foot of space!
• Requires no stakes or cages