Thanks for staying with this series. To recap, I wanted to see if I could grow radish and lettuce in cheap dollar store oil pans.
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Practice Gardening – planting volunteer tomatoes
Gardening is not easy. Whenever you have the opportunity to grow something take it! Learning how different plants grow and behave and what type of insects and disease gravitate towards a type of plant. Practicing now in times of peace will be invaluable during a long term event. Growing also gives you a chance of teaching your spouse or children to be more self sufficient and it’s a great way to exercise. This collection is the result of the volunteer tomatoes I harvested from our compost bin. Practice, practice, practice!
Compost Volunteers – a head start on vegetables
We compost. The benefits are immeasurable. The return is great fertilizer with no chemicals. Another benefit are volunteer plants, in this case, tomatoes. Each year we get several volunteer plants, mystery plants of sorts. With a little effort, these can be replanted and the harvest is the reward.
