Check out this article in the New York Times about a variation on raised bed gardening. I think its a great idea to make lighter, mobile gardens. I see two problems with the method though. First, you need to worry about stability. Raising a light garden like that up on a stand (and a mobile stand at that) seems to make the garden a bit susceptible to clumsy children, adults and pets. Second, you have to put in the extra effort to move the garden around. You could leave it in one place, but then why bother with the wheels?
Those criticisms aside (and they’re really small criticisms anyway), I really like the concept. Has anyone tried something like this? You could always take the next step and combine this with the elegance and organization of the Square Foot Gardening method… then you might really be onto something!
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1 Lucas // Jun 5, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I would be concerned about the garden boxes drying out. The look very shallow. You have to be sure to water them at least once a day. Plus, the more soil to you have available for plants, the bigger/healthier they get. That being said, we have a box of lettuce on our front porch, a bit smaller then those in the article, it gets about 2-3 hours of direct sun a day, and its doing great.
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