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[Schoolmarm]

http://www.arts4all.com/elca/page3.html

I posted this earlier in the month but itis well worth
posting again.

[Bookworm]

I told DH about this and we're going to see if we can't find some on sale at Kmart or Walmart and have them ready for next year.

[Dora]

I was telling DH about the feed sack garden and he informed me that where he works they sell the empty bags for 50 cents each!. I may get a fall garden yet lol
Dora

[Schoolmarm]

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I told DH about this and we're going to see if we can't find some on sale at Kmart or Walmart and have them ready for next year.

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[HappyValley]

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I told DH about this and we're going to see if we can't find some on sale at Kmart or Walmart and have them ready for next year.

I would definitely check the trash. Not only will people throw them out because of a leak but this time of year, they will start throwing them out because they don't want to store them over the fall and winter.

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[Pixie]

i got mine free just because my neighbours boys got too old for a lil wading pool. however, the bottom has many leaks, do the holes HAVE to be ing hte sides? would i have to ad more? should i patch the holes?

[HappyValley]

The website suggests putting sheeting down on the inside of the pool if it has cracks. If you have a lot of holes, or a large crack, I would do that. Otherwise, would duct tape work?

[Schoolmarm]

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The website suggests putting sheeting down on the inside of the pool if it has cracks. If you have a lot of holes, or a large crack, I would do that. Otherwise, would duct tape work?

I would think so. I had planned on using plastic sheeting.

[Pixie]

plastic sheeting it is.

[Dora]

We found a pool that had blow away from someone (that happens here) and just left it intact. We put tomatoes in large pots and put the pots in the pool. The pool holds enough water that they do not wilt down, and what they do not use evaporates (at 100 degrees) before it gets sour. For the fall, we may fill in around the pots with "soil" and plant lettuce and spinach inbetween. The tomatoes have cages in their pots to keep them upright. DS wanted to grow rice in the pool but we were not able to find seed for upland (dryland) rice.

[pa & ma steel]

The tomatoes in pots in the pool and growing other plants around them is a great idea. thanks for posting this.

[Jennysmama]

Yes, thank you, Dora--that's a great idea!

[Becca_Anne]

Now that is a great way to self water a plant Dora! Around here it is so dry this would probably be the ideal way for me to get my plants to grow I'm going to try this next year!

I am also going to try the pool method, it looks like an awesome way to make a raised bed cheap!

[Dora]

Just an update. It is now 2 years later. In December of that year we had a house fire. No insurance but the house is fixable with a LOT of sweat equity lol. The garden was neglected for 2007 because there was no running water. Last week (Easter weekend) we cleaned up the garden. Poured out the potting mix and used for another bed. The pool itself CRUMBLED into pieces lol. Seems that 1 year exposure is about all they can stand. We did get some lettuce and mesclun mix before heat and drought took them out last year.
Dora

[dogmom4]

Thanks for the update Dora.

[Dora]

New update
We went ahead and planted a garden, some in standard beds, and also built a raised bed of 2 rows of cement block, with a metal sheet between the layers. Filled the space with planting mix and have been harvesting zuchini, yellow squash, cucumbers and LOTS of Swiss chard. Last month we put in a fall garden section of radishes, lettuce and carrots planted together, a bed of spinach and a bed of beets, along with 15 sweet potatoes. Don't know if they will grow a crop, but they sure are green!. There still is no running water, but we water with watering cans. The 3 inches of rain we got last week and this have really eased that job!
Dora

[dogmom4]

Alright dora!