Given the tick situation, my husband has decided to garden only in containers on the deck and not mess with clearing land. So far we have had some nice lettuce, arugula, rosemary, and tarragon. The grandsons pick the flowers. Neighbors who live in Rhode Island year-round have a serious garden, but it is surrounded by a very high fence to thwart the deer.
I liked the gardening-with-pop-bottle idea from another WordPress blogger, “Your Other Mother Here,” here. I’m trying to picture how you keep the little planters watered just right, though.
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Wow it looks very effective but I agree, the watering might be tricky. I imaging you would need draining holes and then wouldn’t you get dirt streaks all down the wall? Your planters look like the way to go 🙂
I feel like you’d have to water them repeatedly with a small amount of water. And what if there’s a rain storm and no drainage holes? Hard to picture how it would work. The look is appealing, though.
I saw a similar idea using old cans, so I gave it a try. The cans they had in their pictures were silver and shiny, just like mine were for the next two days. They didn’t mention the rust stains that would start to appear everywhere!!
I love the pop bottle idea.
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