Comments on Urban Garden Hoe: Gardening on a Budget: Containers

This is a great post! I love the DIY topsy turvy'...

2009-05-20T15:16:22.820-05:00

This is a great post! I love the DIY topsy turvy's... I need to try that asap on my tomato plant.

Thanks for these! This was really helpful.

2009-04-13T11:06:00.000-05:00

Thanks for these! This was really helpful.

Kiddie pools and kiddie sandboxes make wonderful "...

2009-04-10T07:37:00.000-05:00

Kiddie pools and kiddie sandboxes make wonderful "gardens" too.

I keep reading about DIY topsy turvys, need to try that one myself. Wishing for warmer weather!

You are a person after my own heart. The only sug...

2009-04-08T07:24:00.000-05:00

You are a person after my own heart. The only suggestion I haven't followed is the one for the upside down planters made of the two liter plastic drink bottles. We have no place to hang them. However, I think they would make good transplant pots and will keep them in mind for that. I have used some of our smaller plastic bottles (like well rinsed dish detergent) to create my own version of the Earthbox. I also use styrofoam egg cartons (with hole in the bottom of each segment) as seed starter trays. Cut off the tops and use them as watering trays.

I live in an apartment with a generous balcony, an...

2009-04-07T20:55:00.000-05:00

I live in an apartment with a generous balcony, and investigated in using a 50 gallon stock tank as a garden bed... not cheap, so I ended up getting a set of reasonably-priced / variously-sized plastic planters from the local grocery store, but if you had one sitting around a barn or felt like investing, it would be almost like having a raised bed on your balcony... as long as it wasn't so heavy that it would break through down to your neighbor's!

Also recommend "The Bountiful Container" by McGee & Stuckey. They have great advice & some great budget suggestions.