“I always figured that 5 gallon buckets would make pretty good containers for root crops, and they are cheap.”
I have to go with the $7.57 for a pretty container since it will be on the deck. A 5 gallon bucket doesn’t do anything for me esthetically. If I was on a large lot/farm where they wouldn’t be obvious, okay, but mine will be “in your face” containers.
We just ate the persimmons. We also had fig trees so lots of fig preserves were made, and peach trees, preserves from those and plum trees, plum jelly. I had so much and didn’t appreciate it as I thought all people had that stuff.
Yes, I see your point. We have five patios, so the one out back which is the one I lined with the raised beds, gets the containers, and I don’t hang out there, so it’s no big deal what container I use. I’ll only see it for 10 or 20 minutes per day after everything is planted.
I guess I could give the grandkids some paint and let them decorate them.LOL Youngest grand daughter is very good at drawing pictures of dragons.
Well, I knew only a little, because my folks lived in town, and ran a restaurant. So I knew the difference. Mom and Dad never had homemade jams and jellies except what granny gave us, and we really cherished that stuff.
Friend Earthwoman has a fig tree and invites us over to pick the ripe ones. Am I blessed or what? Yahoo!