Thursday, February 24, 2011

Recycling a Lettuce Garden


I am always on the look out of doing Recycled projects!
 I have a few in the works, that I will be sharing soon!

I thought today I would share with you, one of my favorite recycle projects!

What you will need:
Wheel Burrow
Soil
Seeds
Water


Today, I am starting a Container Lettuce. I would definitely consider a wheel burrow a container!
I will be growing Garden Babies Butterhead by Renee's Garden
  
First I got my soil ready. I used Organic soil mixed with a little rabbit poo.


I made a few rows in the wheel burrow for my seeds. I spaced each row about 2-3 inches apart.


I then, Sprinkled the seeds and covered the rows with soil. Gave them a nice sprinkle of water. I guess now, I just wait!


I put my wheel burrow by the door of my greenhouse. 
This way in the afternoon the lettuce will have a little shade.

What recycling projects are you doing?

Happy Gardening!!!


8 comments:

  1. I grew lettuce in my wheel barrow last year then converted it to an everbearing strawberry garden. I recently added a new wheelbarrow with junebearing strawberries.

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  2. Thanks for sharing your recycle ideas. Now... where do I get a wheel barrow? I'll be on the look out for large unwanted items that can be used as a planter.

    I've used coconut husks as garden bed borders. They shrink after some time so we would need to add in more. I find them a whole lot more portable than using stones or bricks. Sometimes we need to move them about when we do weeding.

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  3. This is a great idea. Love how you re-purpose items to make them work for you.

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  4. Jenn----LOVE your button! It's SO cute!!

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  5. Look at you grow girl! This is very inspiring watching your seedlings grow. Keep us posted!

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  6. That's going to be gorgeous. Can you actually move it around to keep it in proper sun/shade?

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  7. I have a wagon I plant flowers in...but it is so rusty I have to insert containers inside.

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