Inexpensive Containers

[TomatoDon]

Hi all,

Today I found some clearage items at the Wal Mart gardening section. The white containers shown are styrofoam and intended to put over tomato plants in cold weather. Cold weather is almost through here and these were on sale of a dollar each. I bought 11 containers for 11 dollars and have them stacked near my Rubbermaid 24 gallon containers for comparison.

I'm sure the durability won't be great, but for a dollar each I thought these would be ideal to try for container grown tomatoes. The white color reflects sun and the thick styrofoam should insulate against the summer heat. And I wanted to let everyone know that Wal Mart, at least the ones here, have these on clearance now.

Also, this is a view of my 9 beds in town that I mention here sometimes. I just put out ground cloth and will cover that with hay to make it look better. I still have to pin it all down the right way, and for now just have it laid out with some bricks holding all the ground cloth in place.

The pile of soil is the free gin trash I also have referred to here. They just give it away, but this was a full dump truck load and I had to pay a little for delivery. This is mixed with with other amendments in the beds and containers. I always it mulch heavy to keep the grass seed from becoming a problem.

So...this is what it looks like here in late March before the beds are planted.

Don