The soil appeared dry in the deck container garden so I increased the watering scheduled to 1 one gph emitter 5 minutes twice daily The tomatoes and peppers look good Still no sign of life from the raspberry sticks. The spinach in the container garden is coming along very nicely!
Read More...The deck container garden sprouted within the first week! The cucumbers and spinach sprouted after 7 days in the container garden. The watering system has been running with 1 gallon per hour emitters on for 20 minutes per day.
Read More...Time to plant the plants! Here’s what I’ve selected. Pole beans and bush beans. Cucumbers both vine and bush. Tomatoes of several varieties. Peppers of several varieties. Strawberries and raspberries for Mom. Spinach. Each container in the deck garden has a one gallon per hour emitter and will be watered for 20 minutes per day. [...]
Read More...When I priced the commercial bags of dirt for my garden containers, I was shocked! As much as $25 each for name brand dirt. I had used local organic garden dirt when i had my raised bed garden down in the yard so I stopped by and bought a small truck load, delivered for $25. [...]
Read More...Since the containers for the deck garden are going to be on an elevated deck, I decided to implement a trick that I’d read about. Rather than filling the entire container with dirt, I’d use some sort of filler. The plants don’t need a full 18 inches of soil so I used empty plastic bottles [...]
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