Yesterday I took a trip to my favorite nursery in the Homestead
FL; I was looking for seedlings to start my winter vegetable garden. I come home with arugula, butterscotch lettuce,
broccoli, eggplant, tomatoes and peppers.
The tomatoes and pepper are going in containers;
in the next few weeks I will be adding more seedlings and sowing seeds as the
temperatures get cooler.
Last year when I started these vegetable beds with construction
blocks, I used the squares inside the blocks for planting, but soon found that
they were not ideal for growing vegetables.
This year I planted a combination of bromeliads, succulents and drought resistant
plants. I like the way it looks.
This is my garden work station; I call it the garden’s
garage. Like everyone’s garage it needs
cleaning every couple of months. The
beach umbrella you see in the picture, I found in my neighbor’s garbage can,
now it shelters me from the sun and at the same time it makes this corner of
the garden standout.
3 comments:
That's a great setup. I'm always strewing tools around here and there and losing stuff. Now I'm thinking I need a neighbor to abandon an umbrella...
Also - I like the bromeliad/marigold/etc. planting in the cinderblocks. I have block beds and have also found they don't support vegetables well in the holes. I may have to get more creative with some other plants.
Is it too late to make a winter vegetable garden? I really want to try! Your advices are great - very well explained and informative!
I use cinderblocks 2 high for my Vegetable raised beds. I find that carrots, green onions, winter savory, mint, chives, smaller to medium leaf lettuces, and leek do quite well in the holes. I think making them 2 high makes all the difference. I use potting soil mixed with mushroom compost and sandy loam.
Eloise in San Jose, CA
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