Re: San Francisco area gardeners question

**"* P* L* <l*@hort.net>**

----- Original Message -----
> A friend of mine has a surplus of 5 gallon buckets that he  would
> like to
> use for plants. Of course he will put drainage holes in them. But
>  being in
> zone 6b Pittsburgh, I'm not sure what would do well for him.
>  Suggestions?

Upside-down tomatoes?  :)

Here's what I did with mine.  Last year we did 16 tomato plants, 
36 pepper plants, and then parsley and basil in buckets.

   http://hort.net/articles/

In all seriousness, it worked really well.

Chris
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