Container Gardening: Free 5 Gal. Bucket Garden
My sister uses free 5 gallon buckets for her backyard garden. She grows tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, squash, herbs and a lot of other vegetables out of free …
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Hi, I watched this video and was inspired to start my own veg. container garden. I did my planting in march. All has gone very well till just recently. My potatoe leaves started yellowing with brown spots. I harvested it today and low and behold I find tons of white looking ants? termites? in the soil. Most of the potatoes were mush. Most of my vegetables do not look good. Can you tell me what that bug could be?
christine penrod
June 12, 2013 at 4:32 am
The bucket is not included but the product comes with. Lifetime guarantee. I was very happy with the product and it was shipped very quickly,
here is the link to it in case anyone is interested: amzn.to12Zk0m6
JosephDrakeable
June 12, 2013 at 4:34 am
Would like to know since the rain in Okanagan is terrenital have huge pots sitting outside in it had them on deck first am using Epsom Salts to try to jump start roots have tomatoes ,English Cucs, peppers & still need lettuce we get hot sun most of day as face South however am hesitant to plant any more veggies as the rain is so bad & next to no sun during the day could you advise me how I’m doing so far as first time gardening in pots any suggestions please & thank you
Sandra Graham
June 12, 2013 at 5:33 am
I am just listening to your video and am very interested in container gardening. First what area is your sister located and what position is her back yard east or south? secondly what type of soil mixture did she use in the containers?
jaycee157
June 12, 2013 at 6:11 am
See modernsurvivalblogDOTcom/preps/safe-plastics-for-food-and-drink/ for food grade plastics
Daisy Hawk
June 12, 2013 at 6:21 am
at war with moles and armadillos myself so trying all kinds of containers ,,I do appliances repair so recycle unworkable stuff like the big drums from dryers /washers and the square tubs from auto dishwashers-big enough for dwarf fruit trees ! I saw some Tipsy Pots videos so though about coffee cans used the same way with a sucker rod post for the rod center driven in ground ,,just a gallon size container perfect for small heat /drought type herbs and flowers ,movable_ might try bush bean/pea
wizardangel
June 12, 2013 at 6:54 am
I had great success last year in Wisconsin with tomatoes and peppers. My grape tomato plant went CRAZY and I had so many of them things. My peppers were all very strong, except for the bell peppers because the stupid squirrels pulled them off the plants. Must have thought they were nuts until they bit into them.
jehadsound
June 12, 2013 at 7:35 am
very cool! 🙂 I need to do some more planting this week and get some more seeds.
boscoitalics
June 12, 2013 at 7:39 am
the area. I am in Wisconsin and things may not grow so well here lol
Kristin Jalowiec Castellano
June 12, 2013 at 8:17 am
where does your sister live?
Kristin Jalowiec Castellano
June 12, 2013 at 8:34 am
wow very cool. AMAZING Basil plant wow
Kristin Jalowiec Castellano
June 12, 2013 at 8:45 am
LOL the little fence to keep the dogs out. My Jack Russell loved tomatoes and would raid them every time she went out 😀
raezer
June 12, 2013 at 9:08 am
What a great looking idea. I canot bend, crouch, or dig much at all, but have decided I must get some system set up that I will be able to work with. Will watch your series since the water bill here in Ky is horrible and my water table is high.
Susan Hendrick
June 12, 2013 at 10:04 am
If you live near an area where people raise cattle, you can get empty “VitaLix” tubs to grow tomatoes and other veggies in. Usually you can get them free or low cost or ask the ranchers if they have any they would like to get rid of. Just drill holes in the bottom and sides and they work great.
Susan Smith
June 12, 2013 at 10:08 am
Great container garden. Did she start everything from seed? Thanks for the share
StudioBeaz
June 12, 2013 at 10:36 am
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
LDSPrepper
June 12, 2013 at 11:30 am
when i have tomatoes that touch the ground, i wait till they are half red then i pick them and let them finish ripening on my counter. Then i don’t lose any tomatoes ^_^
Tia's Channel
June 12, 2013 at 12:14 pm
This year they put white plastic on the top of the buckets. It is working great to help reduce weeds, evaporation and keeps the tomatoes off of the soil.
LDSPrepper
June 12, 2013 at 12:45 pm
why don’t you mulch the tomato containers so that the fruit will stay off the soil? Great garden I must say
Hannah Daniel
June 12, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Watch my series on “Off-Grid Self-Watering Container Gardening System”.
LDSPrepper
June 12, 2013 at 1:43 pm
From where did you buy the cages for all your plants? Do you use special type of soil or fertilizer. Please share the name of the soil/fertilizer
simmyb2012
June 12, 2013 at 1:55 pm
My wife has a gardening site: houstongardeningtipsDOTorg.
LDSPrepper
June 12, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Do you have a website? You are so generous to share all this information.
Susan Lancto
June 12, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Thanks for viewing. I’m not on facebook.
LDSPrepper
June 12, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Great video! Are you on facebook?
Susan Lancto
June 12, 2013 at 4:00 pm