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So I've just bought a new house, and become the proud owner of one rusty old wheelbarrow. I don't want to throw it out though; I thought it might make a nice feature, and I'm short of space to grow things/money to buy those big containers! I thought I once read a feature about growing things in wheelbarrows if I drilled a couple of holes in the bottoms, so any ideas what would be good to grow in there?
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My first answer was going to be - "wheels"
If you can't find any wheel seeds maybe salads or, for the cottage garden look, herbs and flowers. Final suggestion - marigolds. Then you can wheel them around your plot to wherever they are most needed.
PS that would be "wheely" cool.
Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.
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How about a squash?WPC F Hobbit, Shire police
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In my first garden I had an old ornamental wooden wheelbarrow that I renovated and painted and filled with cottage garden flowers.
It was at the front door until some swine walked away with it.....plants and all!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Aw Snadger! Thats awful!
I like the squash idea, but the flowers would be pretty....tough choice!My mind works like lightning, One brilliant flash and it is gone!Comment
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Wheely good veg????!!!Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.Comment
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I've got garlic growing in my old wheelbarrow that died on me last year, and it's doing very well, very ornamental behind my chimney inners and polystyrene boxes both growing strawberries
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Lovely postOriginally posted by Demeter View PostMy first answer was going to be - "wheels"
If you can't find any wheel seeds maybe salads or, for the cottage garden look, herbs and flowers. Final suggestion - marigolds. Then you can wheel them around your plot to wherever they are most needed.
PS that would be "wheely" cool.
ps I really like the marigold idea, sort of a moveable hit squad."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.Comment
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I'm doing squash in my wheelbarrow this year!AKA AngieComment
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I had strawbs in an old wheelbarrow last year but moved them to a new bad last week. The plan is to try BNS this year and let them trail down the railway sleeper steps.Comment
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we found a rat's nest in our wheelbarrow the other day. I wouldn't recommend one of those. *shudder* Nasturtiums would look nice, they would train over the edge and soften it a bit. The herb idea is a lovely one too.We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones
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I am going to try courgettes in mine, for the first time growing in a wheel barrel. Have to swap notes and see how we get on.Comment
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I also have a lovely wooden wheelbarrow I am going to try strawberry in mine, and I dont think anyone would walk of with it as I live on a island and someone would see it gossip goes around faster here than a village
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