Rural Gardening: March on the Homestead, 0 by podster

podster wrote:
Twiggybuds system is simply a level soil surface with a frame bed of landscape timbers, probably about 3" high. I believe my beds are 2 ft x 8 ft. Lined with black plastic. The plants are potted in containers, I used black nursery pots as I had plenty. They are planted in a cheap but well draining soil with compost added. These containers are packed tightly in these beds of standing water and on the eBucket theory, will use water as needed. The more tightly the beds are filled with pots, the less chance of evaporation. I started with four beds and added a fifth before long. Like the eBuckets, they need additional fertilizer on a regular basis.

I am going to add a photo or two. In this photo, green beans in the front, a couple of tomatoes behind and on the far end, a couple of spaghetti squash vines. On the right hand side of the bed, TX tarragon, basil and other herbs mixed in. Upper right hand corner of the photo, you can see a squash hanging from the trellis.