Growing potatoes in milk crates

I like looking for gardening ideas that would make life easier. There are a lot of ideas out there, but I never know if they would work well for me. So I do a gardening trial each spring. This year…

Ok, I’m trying my grow potatoes in milk crate idea i came up with. The ones i’m harvesting today are the small left over ones i planted, they haven’t completely died off, so i kno…

The hay/organic mulch keeps the weeds down, fertilizes the soil, keeps things moist, and cuts work for you by a LOT.

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My inspiration to try vegetable gardening with milk crates came from Fenway Park in Boston. While their overall setup is rather sophisticated, I was able to model a few basic components. Here I describe how I do vegetable gardening with milk crates.

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One of my favorite household chores is doing the laundry, ummmm noooot! LOL. Well in the past we learnt that we could grow potatoes in upside down buckets, grow potatoes in wood pallets or even grow potatoes in old tires here. Imagine my delight when I discovered that we could also grow potatoes in laundry

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