My sister uses free 5 gallon buckets for her backyard garden. She grows tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, squash, herbs and a lot of other vegetables out of free containers. When she moves, her garden moves with her.
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How and where from did you get all the soil? I'm talking frugal gardening…gardening on a budget, LOL thanks
They bought the soil ingredients and mixed it themselves.
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The garden is on the west side of the house. It get full sun for 6-8 hours a day.
I'm not certain without looking at it but it sounds like the soil could have been too wet which invited bugs and rotted the potatoes.
If the plants are in post with good drainage they will not get over watered. You will have to fertilize them more than usual because the nutrients will get washed out with all the rain.
We live in the Houston, Texas area. Her garden is on the west side of her house. She mixed the soil by following the instructions in my "Off grid self-watering container gardening system" video series.
Great recommendations. Thank you for helping.
Houston, Texas.
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Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know.
Also, just had a thought, I used to work at a Hampton Inn and one of the things they have to serve is fruit, it comes in a small bucket or depending on who orders, sometimes larger ones. I am pretty sure they would give them away. I would use at least three to four of the smaller ones every week. They are obviously food grade and small ones are good for herbs, large ones good for tomatoes.
Great recommendation. Thank you.
Hello, what is the general rule for 'plants per bucket'? And the ratio for companion plants (like the bucket with the radish)?
Thanks for the bucket ideas. Just called my local grocer and will be picking some up tomorrow morning.
Thank you so much for this idea! We are students and on a budget, so I was dreading the idea of spending money on containers. I called the bakery of our local grocery store and 30 minutes later had six buckets plus a promise for more!
good vid
I've been using containers for my garden for 6 years now. & I grow almost everything even sweet potatoes in 5 gal buckets. Love the video.
This is my first year growing in buckets. Thank you for the tip of going to the grocery store to get their empty buckets. Will try this week.
Great video! Two questions though. Where did she get those cages, or how would I make one? And….., how many cucumber plants can we plant in one of those 5 gallon buckets???
Where to get free 5 gallon buckets?!