10 ways we use buckets for container gardening
kgordon personal post:
this vid is not cute at all, but I'm comfy with that. In the midst of my pursuit of Dan Quail (who was reunited with his/her brethren/sistren in their crate a few days ago), I've got many of my random 4 gallon buckets strewn about. Most of them have dormant plants, but the rest.....
So.. checkit ... I paid $150 for 100 buckets (& I couldn't take them all home, so I'm grateful to Bobby Boucher for providing a safe space for them for a day). Let's talk about what we use them for. In a word, everything.
1. drill holes and use them as planters. they are food grade, so we plant sweet potatoes, root veg, leafy greens, etc.
2. stack them and do the same - for older folks like myself who don't want to bend over a lot to garden
3. temp vessel to propagate taro that we grab from Laurel Lane
4. use them to collect and store compostable materials (until I figure out how to use my sawzall to take off the tops of the 55 gallon drums
5. storage for curing rabbit and horse manures (gifted from Wallace’s Farm - Augusta, Georgia) to be sold in the spring
6. storage for small amounts of goat feed, compost, fertilizer at my Mom's house (shhh, don't tell her)
7. sell them - either plain or as a fully formed container garden
8. storage for fallen leaves, to be sold as leaf mold soil amendment
9. some of the buckets are stuck together. I drill holes in the top bucket and use the bottom as a water reservoir, like a modified wicking bucket system. This is great for conserving water and reducing evaporation. Wayne says sell it!
10. grow edible landscaping... veggies, herbs, and grasses with beautiful foliage that work in containers
10a. as they grow, we wrap the planters in decorative fabric and rent as event decor in lieu of cut flowers
10b. we have done this with taro and lemongrass. and had planned to do this with the sweet potato vines, but the goats ate them all.
10c. sell 'em, too
So... just for giggles and grins... how many different streams of income and/or teaching opportunities do you see there?
