[Red_Devil 232]

Check with your local Super Wal-Mart (the ones that have the Deli and Bakery) they get all of their icing for cakes and things in 5 gal and 2 gal food grade plactic pails. That is where I have gotten mine, including lids. They just threw them out after they were empty.

My wife says that depending on the Wal-Mart they may now be recycling them. But it is worth a try.

[who knows what evil?]

Great minds, and all that... :-)

[Tatze]

If I ever run out from Jason’s Deli, I’ll hit up Wal Mart. I might check them anyway for the lids. Jason’s just throws the lids in with the rest of the trash, but they stack the buckets outside the dumpsters.

I wonder if I need to convert the buckets more like the Earth Box? I don’t really have a water reservoir in these buckets, but the drain/overflow holes are about an inch off the bottom, so it can hold some water. But the soil is down there too.

[abner]

Does anyone know about growing asparagus? I've started some from seed and it is the only thing that I really have that is thriving. I know that I won't have a crop for 2 or 3 years, but all I have been able to find online is growing it from pre-bought crowns.

So, my question is what do I do with the baby asparagus plants? When do they become 'crowns'?