Subtitled: For Kim. This is in answer to the question about whether you can have a vegetable garden in containers. The answer is yes. This is one of the raised beds I spent all day yesterday on:
You see those 2 green, square planters? One has mint growing in it, the strategy being that it will be contained and not take over the entire yard. The other one is empty right now but won’t be by next week.
These containers are about 18″ x 18″ & are just the right size for one tomato plant. A couple of years ago, that is exactly what I used those containers for - a couple of tomato plants, basil, and I forget what else.
I only took a photo of 1 of the beds but there’s one right next to it with another 2 containers. In the bed in the photo, there are 2 tomato plants (which is more than enough for our family) with a basil plant in between them. In front of both tomato plants is broccoli and in front of the basil is parsley. I plan on putting cilantro in that other planter. The red weed barrier is supposed to make the tomatoes grow better. We’ll see how that works.
On the other side there will be cucumber, green beans & snow peas. I never grew snow peas before so this should be interesting.
If I think up anything funny to blog about, I’ll be back with a second post but today’s looking to be a pretty boring day. My biggest excitement was driving over to the university to pick up Theresa’s Rx, get it filled, and drop it back to her because she may have strep.
** Editing to add…
I used Miracle grow soil for vegetables but they also have something called Moisture Control that’s supposed to be for containers.
