Comments on: My Little Garden Update http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2009/07/my-little-garden-update.html Exploring my passion for food and cooking one homemade recipe at a time. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:02:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Deseree http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2009/07/my-little-garden-update.html#comment-9545 Deseree Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:10:53 +0000 http://www.lifesambrosia.com/?p=1792#comment-9545 Thanks for the tip Dale! I'll have to remember that for next year. Thanks for the tip Dale! I’ll have to remember that for next year.

]]> By: Dale Creekmur http://www.lifesambrosia.com/2009/07/my-little-garden-update.html#comment-9519 Dale Creekmur Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:49:36 +0000 http://www.lifesambrosia.com/?p=1792#comment-9519 Having heard of doing it before, early this summer I took a square, plastic bucket, drilled some holes in the bottom, filled it 1/3rd of the way with packing peanuts - the rest of the way with potting soil. I sliced a couple of cherry tomatoes and 'poked them down' into the topsoil. Watered, moved out of weather during storms, etc., and my harvest has just begun to slow down. Next year I'll poke some plastic rods in the 4 corners so I'll have something to tie the plants up to when they start going wild. Worked like a charm! Also may place some netting (panty hose?) between the soil and packing peanuts to keep them separate for re-use. Why the peanuts? Makes the bucket lighter. Having heard of doing it before, early this summer I took a square, plastic bucket, drilled some holes in the bottom, filled it 1/3rd of the way with packing peanuts – the rest of the way with potting soil. I sliced a couple of cherry tomatoes and ‘poked them down’ into the topsoil. Watered, moved out of weather during storms, etc., and my harvest has just begun to slow down. Next year I’ll poke some plastic rods in the 4 corners so I’ll have something to tie the plants up to when they start going wild. Worked like a charm! Also may place some netting (panty hose?) between the soil and packing peanuts to keep them separate for re-use. Why the peanuts? Makes the bucket lighter.

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