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Friday, December 4, 2009

Creative Gardening


I came across this video on Keyhole gardening....I had never heard of it before so I went and checked it out. I have some regular raised beds but I am definitely going to try this next spring.

Click here for another cool gardening idea that I found online: the potato box. The idea is to save space in the garden by planting the potatoes in boxes and you keep covering the foilage with dirt as they grow and this gives the roots more depth which will allow for more potato production. I am having my son help me make two of these for the family garden. This last summer our potatoes did quite well just planted in the ground but doing it that way takes up space. And the more space we save ...the more veggies we can grow......We won several ribbons at the fair for our potatoes including the Super One award so we have the basics of potato growing down...but there is always room for improvement!

3 comments:

  1. You might also consider a "wicking bed" for vegetables. You can view an article here:

    http://www.theruralindependent.com

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  2. Thanks for sharing that...that is very cool...I'm going to have to try that too....my project list is growing :)

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