An Experiment in Above Ground Gardening
I had a few barrels on hand that I had no use for, and a friend suggested that I try cutting them in half for waist level gardening. I thought what the heck, I have nothing to lose. He cut them for me, and then last Sunday I built stands for them. I will see how they work and if it goes well, I may try to 'pretty" them up. But for now I just want to see.
I ended up with four planters, and I planted some lettuce and spinach last week. I have never planted anything this early, but the gardening store assured me that this would be perfect timing. So far we have had several days of hard rain, and so the seeds have had planty of water without me doing a thing, which is always nice.
Last year when I was at an Ace Hardware on Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville, and they had a beautiful pot that stood almost waist level. It was filled with a variety of colorful leaf lettuce and was so beautiful, I have wanted to try it since. So here is my chance.
I have the two in the front yard for salads. I planted about 5 varieties of lettuce in the same way that Ace did it. I added a row of spiniach down the center of each barrel. I can't wait until they start to pop up! The two in the back yard will be for small annual herbs I think. We'll see when it gets closer to planting.
I will keep you posted on how it goes.
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