DIY projects for your veggie garden
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES: Maryann James posts on vegetable gardening every Tuesday.
Drawing inspiration from Dahlink's beautiful pond, and last week's post about Earth Boxes and cheaper solutions, I dug up some other DIY projects for your vegetable garden.
The Nebraska Cooperative extension has a series of videos from someone they call the Backyard Farmer. Along with all sorts of other how-tos on container gardening and yard maintenance, the Backyard Farmer shows how to make your own containers. (The video's above.) By making your own mix and forming them in makeshift molds, you can find cheaper, custom solutions to all your container needs. Seems like a worthwhile Saturday afternoon project.
Other beginner ideas:
+ This project seems better suited for spring, but could be helpful for starting your fall plantings: GrowIndie shares downloadable seed markers and a mini greenhouse and seed starter from a plastic egg carton.
+ Don't have a place to store your garden hose? Make and Takes has a quick and easy solution for that.
+ Organic Gardening has a great simple idea for a trellis -- all you need is twine, bamboo and a zip tie.
For the intermediate DIY-er:
+ The DIY Network has video on how to create your own vertical vegetable trellis, particularly for viney plants like your cukes, melons and beans.
And for those who are feeling pretty awesome about themselves:
+ The DIY Network shows how to create a flood-and-drain hydroponic system. It doesn't look too involved, but it's way over my head. If anyone tries it out and shows me their results, I'll gladly scrounge up a prize.
+ And lastly, Organic Gardening has a step-by-step how-to for a tomato tower -- it requires a trip to your local hardware store for some wood and power tools though. (Thanks Urban Garden Project!)
And if you're exhausted just looking at this list, you could just find an old headboard for your trellis needs and call it a day. Anyone have a DIY project they're willing to share?
Comments
My DIY project is growing vegetables. ;-)
Posted by: Mary | July 28, 2009 4:49 PM
Well, how about controlling tree-eating caterpillars with duct tape?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1609949/controlling_caterpillar_pests_with.html
Or making a cheap compost bin?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1447458/building_a_cheap_wire_compost_bin.html
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