I am going to try to do some plants in 5 gallon buckets. Bell Peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, bacon, cukes...
Thanks for the tip. I must have been thinking of a BLThey Lefty I did some 5gals last year.... they are sort of a pain... hard to get them to drain right and a bit small for tomatoes/cukes.... way deeper than you need for lettuce got much better results from the cheapo plastic planters
can you send me some of your bacon seeds cant seem to find any here.... nothing better than fresh off the vine bacon
Here was my "garden" from last year
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We plant a lot of marigolds here also, but I never ever ever ever want to grow another tomato as long as I live. I've had zero success with them other than some cherry tomatoes which I can't kill short of weed killer. Even mints aren't as big a problem and it does grow wild in Kentucky.