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| shmeg |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 06:01:45 AM
I started all of these wonderful heirloom vegetables from spring but have no where to put them. The place I live has 11 acres and is wonderful. We started working on the garden but we don;t own it and the owner had a realtor show the house last week. Thsi was out of nowhere! I was afraid of putting money into the garden if we have to be out when our lease is up come August. But now I have all of these wonderful plants that I feel horrible jsut letting die. Maybe I'll have a plant sale or give away for that matter. It's funny how attached you get to the when you start them from seed. |
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| Nance in France |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 12:23:29 PM
Hey, Megan! don't know how many plants/pots you are talking about here, but perhaps you could build a cheap and portable cage? Consider the shape of a shoe box (without the lid); the sides, bottom and top are pieces of 1x2s or any other scrap wood. Staple chicken wire around, and then position your plants or pots to fit inside, turn this box upside down over them and voila! Maybe even drive a coupla U-shaped peg/nail things in the ground on each side to secure it so a racoon couldn't just lift up a side and munch away. Easy to put up, take down, and then take away if desired! Good luck with the summer planting and the move later on. Nance |
| shmeg |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 07:51:46 AM
You know, after I posted I thought of that. Don't know why I dodn't think of it sooner! I'm a little worried about the critters that we get around the house. Many of my potted flowers and herbs have been eaten in the past by the raccoons and groundhogs but it is definitely worth a try! Do you think something as big as a pumpkin would even work in a container? |
| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 07:03:35 AM
Fabulous solution! Those toy buckets with handles would be easy to load up, and if you don't want them above ground, you could bury them in, and lift them out when it is time to go. Or, if you like the look of the "moveable feast" just leave them out in the garden spot. Not sure what the realtor/homeowner would think of that? Sorry to hear of the sudden surprize. I imagine that doesn't feel very good.
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| Clare |
Posted - May 17 2007 : 06:09:15 AM
Megan, that's what pots are for. Don't forfeit your garden, just make your garden portable!!! 
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