Thursday, January 3, 2013

Gardening a bit

This is my umteenth attempt at gardening.  I don't have high expectations for it, but theoretically, livestock trough gardening with automatic water should work
and here's why:

 1.  The troughs are strong enough to hold lots of dirt in (my prior wood ones were not).
2.  There should be NO weeds since the trough does not come into direct contact with the ground.
3.  Plants will grow at a nice working height.
4.  They look cool.

We started by finding the troughs on craigslist.  We hauled 'em home and then placed them between our baby navels (which take forever to grow but I'm not about to complain about that - again.)

There is a drainage gauge at the bottom that we pulled out using the hole for both water entry and drainage - and built a lil brick house around the area on the inside.
After tapping into a nearby drip system we connected all of the tubing until we had water flow.
Hen house in the back ground.
When the system was proven, we buried the lines and filled the troughs with dirt we found around the yard and in the coop.  The area we live in used to be a citrus grove so the topsoil should be decent for the bottom half.  We'll fill the top half with potting soil.
Tomorrow?  Dirt, seeds and herbs.
Whew.
Mama loves me a project.
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8 comments:

  1. I want to be you!! How do you do this? Can you come live my life? How will you keep the babies from destroying everything? So many questions! Basically, you continue to be my idol and you show me all the things I will never attain. Thanks, I need the humility, and that's no joke! :)

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  2. Looks great! Especially since I'm freezing cold here in Maryland and just love seeing all the green. :)

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  3. I want some of those oranges!! Some of my family lives in Chandler and they sent my husband back with a grapefruit from their backyard. It was the best I've ever tasted.

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  4. Cracking up at Leila! Can't stop laughing!

    I really want that trough!

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  5. Love the tubs! I wouldn't count on no weeds, though, since the seeds can travel by air ;). Still, should be much, much better - and I love the raised bed idea.

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  7. WOW!!! I'm so impressed! I love the orange trees, the troughs & your yard!!! Come re-do my backyard. :-)

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  8. GREAT idea for container gardening! I'm an utter failure at gardening every year mostly because I don't water daily so I'm loving your irrigation system. Wish you could send some of that sun, warmth and green grass over to Maryland.

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