"...but I don't have enough room for a garden!"
Many a gardener (or non-gardener like moi) has uttered these words. And it is for all of US that I write this post.
DH has been putting together some wonderful little "mini" gardens all around the place (along with all of his other "experiments," as he likes to call them) and I must say, I LOVE them! We call them our "salad gardens" and they appeal to me from an aesthetic perspective but they are also very functional - especially for those folks who don't have enough room around their place to grow a large garden.
These little creations can pack a cornucopia of food (a LOT more than I realized) and can pretty much be grown anywhere. DH, who is one of the math whizzes of the family, says that these little salad gardens are the equivalent of almost a six foot row in a traditional garden! And here is the amazing part - each of these gardens contain three spinach plants, six lettuce plants, nine onions, and lots of radish seeds (the red ones, not the Daikons) in the middle. So basically, a wonderful salad mix in each container, which are situated right outside of the house!
We like to recycle as many things as we can get away with on the farm, which includes things like mineral tubs that we feed the livestock (a.k.a. garden containers). For the tall garden container, DH took an empty mineral tub (thank you goats!), drilled holes in the bottom, and put it in the spot he wanted. Then, he added some well-rotted wood (holds water and adds nutrients) and dirt from around the place, and finally some potting soil. For the shorter containers, he cut mineral tubs in half and simply placed them one after another and repeated the same mixture as in the tall tub.
Then came the fun part...the planting of our nutritious, flavorful salad plants! And as for me, I cannot wait to start harvesting my lovely green (and red) salads. Add a little Balsamic vinegar, oil, fresh ground pepper and a little Kosher salt and we are ON OUR WAY!! We love eating our own food.
More to come,
Ciao, Adios, and Later gators!
We like to recycle as many things as we can get away with on the farm, which includes things like mineral tubs that we feed the livestock (a.k.a. garden containers). For the tall garden container, DH took an empty mineral tub (thank you goats!), drilled holes in the bottom, and put it in the spot he wanted. Then, he added some well-rotted wood (holds water and adds nutrients) and dirt from around the place, and finally some potting soil. For the shorter containers, he cut mineral tubs in half and simply placed them one after another and repeated the same mixture as in the tall tub.
Then came the fun part...the planting of our nutritious, flavorful salad plants! And as for me, I cannot wait to start harvesting my lovely green (and red) salads. Add a little Balsamic vinegar, oil, fresh ground pepper and a little Kosher salt and we are ON OUR WAY!! We love eating our own food.
More to come,
Ciao, Adios, and Later gators!
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