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Re: Introduction, gardening conundrum

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Oh, WOW, Dawn!
    You just widened my horizons! My yard is a miserable gravel patch
covered with the last tenant's red crushed rock and subversive "Wandering
Jew" vines. But 5 gal. buckets from the bakery or deli - wonderful! And I
can make shelves with planks & 12" square ornamental cement blocks I already
have, along with the hulk of a discarded kitchen base cabinet. Thereby I can
have 4 levels; ground for cukes & zukes, 1st pails for toms (could cut
bottoms out for roots to grow), 2 level of pails on the plank & blocks, 3rd
row of pails on the old cabinet, or maybe large Rubbermaid type plastic
boxes. Everything will get more sun this way too. And I won't have to bend
over nearly as much. Yippee!
Hmmm. D'ya suppose my landlord would go for pea vines up the side of the
fence towards the front? If I give him some harvest?
Nancy

PS - did you use the molded shell type wading pool or the blownup rings
type?

----- Original Message -----
> Holly,
>
> My sister and brother-in-law raised quite a garden in children's wading
> pools, when they lived in an apartment, including tomatoes, and cucumbers.
> I don't think lettuce has terribly deep roots, so you probably wouldn't
> have much problem there, either.  Flowers would make a nice edging for the
> "beds."
>
> I personally have successfully raised tomatoes in 5 gallon pails, which
can
> be had cheap/free from grocery stores with a bakery or deli,  ask for a
> frosting bucket or pickle bucket.  You might supplement your reading of
> Square Foot Gardening with a good book on Container Gardening, there are a
> number around, I'd say check your local library.
>
> Happy Gardening!
> Dawn G.


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