Got Garden?

The answer here is no.

I did go to a fun little gardening class on Wednesday night. There were some really fun ideas that I want to try. One of them was growing potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket (or even a garbage can). You plant your potato(s) in the bottom. When the plant(s) has grown about 8-10 inches you bury 1/2 of the plant with dirt. You keep doing this until you reach the top of the can. At the end of the season you dump the can/bucket upside down and it is full of potatoes.

The second idea was a sala bucket garden. This once again is done in a 5 gallon bucket. Drill drain holes in the bottom as well as a larger hole to put your tomato plant through. You will want to put some of the meshy screen you buy to keep out weeds in the bottom of the bucket to keep dirt from coming out when you water. Plant your tomato plant and then have someone hold the bucket while you dump in your dirt and then plant your peppers, cilantro, jalapenos etc out of the top of the bucket. Don't forget to top dress everything with worm castings! Then you hang it outside and you have what you need to make fresh salsa in a few months. The lady teaching this also mentioned a spaghetti sauce bucket using all the plants for the herbs you would put in your bottled spaghetti sauce.

The ladies also talked about the hanging tomato plant containers you can buy at stores and everyone said "do not use these." They aren't large enough for a good root system for your tomatoes. They all suggested 5 gallon buckets for the hanging tomatoes.