Growing Your Own Vegetables in a Small Space

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4 ай бұрын

With the price of food rising sharply here in Australia, I decided to plant two new veggie beds. Nice and quick and should cover our spring onion and lettuce requirements for the coming months.

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@j.troydoe1278 4 ай бұрын

I grow tomatoes in the driveway. In summertime, they are always so good!

@lulu6618 4 ай бұрын

Yes we grow some of our own food and I’m beginning to grow more in mixed bed of ornamental and vegetables so I can grow even more. It’s really a security AND a financial necessity! Thank you

@bdctrans70 4 ай бұрын

Good for you! Our prices here in the midwest USA are ridiculous, especially if you live in the rural areas. Food prices are doubled from what you would find in the metro areas. A 5lb bag of potatoes is $6 in rural communities while the same brand and bag in a metro area would be $3. For the past few years I have not been able to tend to our two gardens due to spine issues, and this past year I have adapted myself using a wheelchair for daily life. I cannot take care of my 40'X70' and 30'X30' gardens anymore with the huge tillers and lugging the irrigation lines, so I let them grow over. So I found eight 50gal metal drums that were used to hold bulk liquid soap. I got them for $5 per barrel. I cut each of them lengthways and power-washed them out. Remember I said they used to hold bulk liquid soap? Yep! I had an "I Love Lucy" moment on my hands! Soapy bubbles EVERYWHERE! Lol! My neighbour told me, "I didn't know you could wash a lawn!" Smarty pants! I drilled drain holes in the bottoms, painted and set them on chunks of old concrete chunks that were once part of an old foundation. So now I have 16 planters that I placed in various areas of the yard so I can grow a variety of vegetables once again. I plant companion flowers with them so the town doesn't get finicky about veggie planters in the front yard.

@GavinWebber 4 ай бұрын

That is fantastic. Where there is a will, there's a way!