don't think you can have a garden? you can have a garden...

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it not too late this year. hell, its early. no freeze warnings anywhere i think at this point.

you don't need land.

do you have a sunny spot? a balcony or a porch or a side of your house? your driveway? something?

i buy kitty litter in these little plastic buckets. they are perfect. don't have a kitty? (i would suggest getting one) but you can use any container available. you can even buy these 5 gallon buckets at home depot or lowes, etc.

step 1: buy some bags of good soil. look around at some greenhouses. its dirt. its not that expensive, but good (bug free) dirt is a key ingredient.

step 2: seeds. check out my buds here http://www.seedsavers.org/ there are many others. find one you like. no gm seeds here.

and here is the money shot...

step 3: put the dirt in your buckets, put the seeds in your buckets, water your buckets, put your buckets in a sunny place.


then food abounds. you will be amazed! you too can grow food you will love and... you will be amazed!


anyone can do this. tomatoes to die for. lettuce you pick just before you wash it to eat... cukes, potatoes, beets, melons...


do me a favor. give it a try.

what do you have to lose...




blerg. i wish i would have said can...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear CasualWatcher9...

Your ideas are very good ones!

Container gardening is very feasible...

I do have a place in my garden for vegetables...

It's a raised bed, complete with sprinklers!

And this year I will grow some tomatoes and maybe bell peppers too...

It's not a very big plot, and the tomatoes tend to take over!

But I love having my own, freshly-picked...

:hi:

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3. thank you...

i was just trying to inspire those that think because they own no land that they can't grow crops.

hell yes you can!


in my youth, when i was aspiring to be a corporate giant, i remember meeting the father of my boss at his house. he was growing tomatoes in buckets in his driveway. idiot, i thought, he was a fool. but his tomatoes were the greatest i have ever tasted.

thinking back now on what he knew then that i didn't know?

he was the fucking genius. i was the fucking idiot...


its worth a try...

[supernova]

8. Your idea is a supreme one..

Although, I'd prefer clay pots, myself. They're cheap and hold water really well. Plastic tends to dry out.

Yesterday, I went out to breakfast and afterwards went to the garden center. Bad idea. :D

I've been wanting to replant some things in my little kitchen garden area, and I picked up some herbs and some unusual ones. I got basil, dill, cilantro. And I got two that I haven't tried before: roma tomatoes and stevia.

Now, I have the job of planting them today. :-) Luckily, it will be in the 70s today, not the 80s like yesterday. B-)

[Connonym]

2. you can also indoor compost with worms, google it

we have an outdoor bin here so I haven't started a worm compost but you can do it inside and it actually creates compost faster than a regular outdoor compost heap. You just have to keep it moist and put in enough food for the worms.

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4. here is my compost plan...

if it composts? compost it.

if not? burn it.

if you can't burn it?

hide it in the dumpster behind the mc'donalds.



i know, many will hate me here.

[Connonym]

5. no community recycling facility?

We're lucky here, the only ask that we separate out newspapers, magazines and corrugated cardboard, everything else can go straight into the tub for them to sort and the pick it up weekly with the trash collection. I love weeks when we have more recycle than trash. In the winter we don't compost much because the bin is at the very back of the yard and usually under a heap of snow. I'd like to do an indoor worm compost but my housemates find that idea revolting.

[vademocrat]

6. Do you put drainage holes in the bottom of the bucket?

Or is it ok for the water to stay in the bucket? Thanks for the great idea!

[Deja Q]

7. Just be sure to prevent mold from growing. Mold allergies are annoying.

:P