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| Hi Everyone, What in the world is this? A Horse Feed Trough turned into a "Granny Garden"? What is a "Granny Garden"? Well, I happen to have two bad knees and find it difficult to garden in a traditional garden, so I found this horses feed trough at the Tractor Store and decided to plant a garden in it! I named it my "Granny Garden", as, after all, I am a grandmother and I won't have to bend or squat to garden! |
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| It came with two drainage holes in the heavy poly but I added rocks (here I have just started to add a layer, so water wouldn't be standing on the plant roots.) |
I added some good soil. It is ten inches deep....hopefully that is deep enough. This is all an experiment for me. I could stand as I worked, which was so much better than down on knees, or bending and stooping.
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| It is all planted now. I bought a bush tomato and a patio tomato for the right hand side with a basil plant and on the left, you see a zucchini plant with a trellis for it to run on and behind it is a pepper plant. I planted arugula lettuce in the front soil and 2 bush beans and 2 pea plants. This will probably be way too much for the space, but we shall see what happens. I can always transplant something out of it into a big pot. |
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It must be strong to support the weight of all that soil! It looks like just the thing for someone who has difficulty bending.
ReplyDeleteHow clever. I don't do well on my knees either. We grannies need all the help that we can get.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great idea Egretta! I need a lot of raised beds because I just do not bed like I use to. Love your idea.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of your planted up trough. What a great idea! Hope the plants grow well and hope you show us their progress over the next month or so.
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