At Least it's not marijuana "accidentally" growing there...

How many posts can I cram into 1 day?  A few too many.  So let's do another one!

This is the phlox that I'm trying to grow around our pole in the front yard:

Doesn't look like much, right?  But phlox is GORGEOUS in the spring time, with all these little purple flowers flowing everywhere, so I'm excited about it.  We planted 2 phlox plants, one on each side of the pole, Rob put in some dirt from the compost pile, I put mulch over that, and we let it all go.

A few weeks later weeds started entering the picture.  Not surprising, since we didn't put down that plastic-y weed control stuff, and we also didn't line the edge of the circle with bricks.  That's on our to-do list for Saturday.

So we got normal weeds like grass and clover.  Things I expected.  And then there were these weeds that looked familiar, so I let them stay:

If you know anything about common flowers, you will also recognize these.  They're marigolds.  (Pretty sure.)

Okay, so I didn't plant marigolds, but there they are.  4 marigold plants.  I can deal with that.  Marigolds aren't my favorite, but they sprouted from nothing!  So they can stay.

But shortly after the marigold plants surfaced, these other plants came up:

They were hard to photograph (so much green!), but I hope you can tell.  Them's tomatoes!

Tomatoes are more problematic.  First off, there are 7 tomato plants.  And they're close together.  I've never even thought about how far apart tomato plants need to be spaced.  This was not on my radar of things to know yet.

Second, that pole is in my FRONT yard.  Will my neighbors hate me for having un-gorgeous tomatoes in my front yard?  ...  I feel the need to keep these rogue tomato plants (rogue!  They could run for President as an outsider!), but they're not particularly good looking plants.  AND they'll need support.  Do I cage them?  There's not much space around that pole.

See?  What is that, 2 feet of space?  Total?

So, that's what I give you today.
First:  How in the HECK did I get tomatoes and marigolds in my garden space?  And how did it JUST HAPPEN that tomatoes and marigolds, complimentary plants, came up in the same space?  (Marigolds help keep away bugs and deer, if you didn't know.)

Second:  How do I tie them up in a way that will make them look decent enough for my front yard?

Suggestions, please!