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Re: Barrel planters

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Hello Julianne,

That sounds like a very good idea, providing what you grow doesn't 
require more than a 17" depth for the roots.  What color are these 
drums?  If they are red or brilliant blue, you could disguise them by 
planting vines around the outside edge so they would trail down and 
hide the containers.  There is one suggestion, though, if you haven't 
already done it, make sure there are drainage holes made in the bottom 
of each container.  In other words, treat this system as if you were 
growing in extra large pots.  Sounds very workable!

Good luck.       Barbara Davis       southwest of Fort Worth, TX





> Hello, Square Footers---
> 
> I'm a new person on this list.  (How many people are there on this list,
> anyway?)  I'm interested in doing Container Gardening on Square Foot
> principles, because our backyard "soil" is hard packed yellow clay studded
> with gravel; and because of my old, acheing back and knees, it will be
> better to garden in containers where I don't have to bend and kneel so
> much.
> 
> We're getting plastic 55-gallon drums for free (whee!) from our local Pepsi
> bottling plant, and I'm cuttting them in half horizontally ("around the
> equator") with a circular saw to make two  17-inch-high planters per
> barrel. Each planter is 21 inches in diameter: that makes approx. 3 square
> feet of planting space per planter.
> 
> Has anyone ever done this?  Any advice to share?
> 
> Greenly,
> 
> Julianne in Zone 7, Upper East Tennessee


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