If you are an avid gardener but are a little burned out by gardening in the same way every year, here are some ideas for you to consider. Sure, the ultimate result is a great harvest of yummy vegetables and fruit to eat from the garden and to, perhaps, put up for winter consumption. Nothing says you have to plant row upon row in a regularly shaped garden spot.
If you like to grow potatoes but hate digging them up with a garden fork, try one of these ideas. Till the soil, lay seed potatoes on the ground, properly spaced, cover with twelve inches of leaves or straw and top that with wire fencing. When the plants have grown up through the wire and died down, pull up the wire along with the dead plants and there you will see a multitude of jolly potatoes, just waiting for you to gather up. They will need drying out in the sunlight, but not in direct sun.
The tire tower method is as easy but does require some lifting of tires to make a tower, short though it may be. Two or three tires high is all that is necessary. Place first one on ground level, filling with dirt and laying seed taters on top. Don't overcrowd. Cover with several inches of soil, adding a tire if needed. As the plant grows, pile more soil up around the stem to encourage more potato growth along it. Throw another tire on the tower for maximum production. When the plant dies back, remove a tire at a time, along with some dirt, to expose the vegetable.
If vining veggies are your thing, try using your raised square garden site for adding a cattle panel, bent over to form an arch and secured safely to the ground with stakes, as a structure on which to grow them. It is fun for kiddies and adults alike to walk under the veggies at harvest time, to reach up and pick them. This works well for cucumbers, green beans, squashes and even well-vining tomatoes.
Whatever item you can find that will hold dirt and plant will probably work for a different container in which to grow stuff. Be sure that drainage holes are put in the bottom. Plants don't like wet feet. Wood will work, but they do not have longevity, as they will eventually rot due to the moist conditions. For more permanent objects, seek out plastic, enameled steel, and the like. Be adventurous and use what you can find laying around for a change.
Fences can be utilized for a variety of fruit and vegetables, annuals or even permanent selections. If plants are in large tubs, and so forth, they can be brought into a protected area for winter and returned in the spring. Planting them in the soil and mulching them is also acceptable. Berries do well this way. Even flowers love to climb fences, just like children.
It has been popular to grow a playhouse for children. This is accomplished by planting sunflower seeds in a square, circle or other shape and allowing them to grow as usual. Also inter plant with vine vegetable or flower, weaving it as it grows, onto the tall stalks. Leave an opening for a door and trim out windows on each side. The children, and some adults as well, may let their imaginations go wild in this adorable living house.
If you like to grow potatoes but hate digging them up with a garden fork, try one of these ideas. Till the soil, lay seed potatoes on the ground, properly spaced, cover with twelve inches of leaves or straw and top that with wire fencing. When the plants have grown up through the wire and died down, pull up the wire along with the dead plants and there you will see a multitude of jolly potatoes, just waiting for you to gather up. They will need drying out in the sunlight, but not in direct sun.
The tire tower method is as easy but does require some lifting of tires to make a tower, short though it may be. Two or three tires high is all that is necessary. Place first one on ground level, filling with dirt and laying seed taters on top. Don't overcrowd. Cover with several inches of soil, adding a tire if needed. As the plant grows, pile more soil up around the stem to encourage more potato growth along it. Throw another tire on the tower for maximum production. When the plant dies back, remove a tire at a time, along with some dirt, to expose the vegetable.
If vining veggies are your thing, try using your raised square garden site for adding a cattle panel, bent over to form an arch and secured safely to the ground with stakes, as a structure on which to grow them. It is fun for kiddies and adults alike to walk under the veggies at harvest time, to reach up and pick them. This works well for cucumbers, green beans, squashes and even well-vining tomatoes.
Whatever item you can find that will hold dirt and plant will probably work for a different container in which to grow stuff. Be sure that drainage holes are put in the bottom. Plants don't like wet feet. Wood will work, but they do not have longevity, as they will eventually rot due to the moist conditions. For more permanent objects, seek out plastic, enameled steel, and the like. Be adventurous and use what you can find laying around for a change.
Fences can be utilized for a variety of fruit and vegetables, annuals or even permanent selections. If plants are in large tubs, and so forth, they can be brought into a protected area for winter and returned in the spring. Planting them in the soil and mulching them is also acceptable. Berries do well this way. Even flowers love to climb fences, just like children.
It has been popular to grow a playhouse for children. This is accomplished by planting sunflower seeds in a square, circle or other shape and allowing them to grow as usual. Also inter plant with vine vegetable or flower, weaving it as it grows, onto the tall stalks. Leave an opening for a door and trim out windows on each side. The children, and some adults as well, may let their imaginations go wild in this adorable living house.
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