5.22.2012

Cheaper than a pot

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You need heels for this...
at least Eva thinks so.

I wanted to plant some potted herbs and peppers alongside our garden.
Pots are expensive... did you know that?

So instead of $60 pots which were beautiful but pricey,
I bought $5 plastic party tubs...
and made them work.

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First I drilled drainage holes.
I thought five seemed like a good number, but no logic there beyond that.

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Then leftover landscape fabric and loose rocks were added.
Our driveway is getting replaced in a few weeks,
so remnants of the crumble worked great for drainage.

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Fill with dirt.
Liberally spread and share the wealth.

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Mix well and pack it down.
We used half peat moss and half potting soil.
I used the peat moss because it was leftover from our raised bed refill.

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Plant your plants.
These are basil seedings... grow strong little guys.

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And rest.
Because it is hard work... gardening
especially in heels.

8 comments:

tinajo said...

I´d say! She´s a true champ doing in in heels! :-)

Stephanie said...

Haha! Avery needs heels for everything! : )

What great photos! And I love the "pots" you found...what a great color!

Melanie said...

Oh! Gardening in heels, cutest thing I've seen in a while! (& I'm surrounded by a lot of cute, you know!)

Nessa, this is such a great idea. I just love how you can tell she's SO into helping mommy, & how fun for her to see her hard work grow & grow!

ARK said...

HA - LOVE the heels!!! ...and $5 is MUCH better than $60!

Lindsay said...

What a cute garden helper!! Her heals are too cute! Ansley didn't like dirt until we started gardening this year :-) It's good dirt!

Kelly said...

What a smart idea to use those buckets! You are so handy :)

Susan said...

Oh boy...looks like someone had a blast. Great idea too.

Blessings♥

Unknown said...

love your little helper. too cute :) i love her little shirt. great idea with the tubs...those planters are darn expensive!!