I’ve been looking for some sort of hobby that might take me outside for a few hours a day. I stopped by my friend Carol’s house the other day and she had a nice little container garden going. I stole her idea and went to Lowe’s to get started.
My first stop was to pick out my vegetables. I decided on Beefsteak tomatoes and squash.
Then I had to pick out the appropriate size pots. I had no idea, so I called Carol with my pot size emergency and she totally came through. (12 inch diameter for tomatoes, I got 8 inch pots for each squash plant)
After that it was off to get potting soil. Did you know that there is different potting soil for in-ground vs container gardening? I may have just figured out why everything I plant dies. (the forgetting to water thing probably doesn’t help much either)
Then I was ready to go!
It took me a day or so to plant, but my purchases went from this:
To this:
With a little bit of this:
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