It's been dry, dry, dry here. We have had only .6 of an inch of rain during the last 2 months. In view of that and the fact that "arthur" has seriously taken up residence in the joints in both of our bodies and also that our looney dog, Harley, loooooooves to dig, we decided not to put in a garden this year.
So, in light of all those factors, this morning Glenn and I planted a small garden of sorts in some of those upside down planters. Between thrift stores and a bargain, we ended up with three of them. One only has a single port in the bottom, but the other two have the bottom one plus multiple side ports.
When we were done, we had 4 roma tomato plants, one each of red, green, orange, and yellow bell peppers, a grape tomato plant and, on top of two of the planters, I put a tarragon plant in one and a thyme in the other.
The herbs will grow nicely and the added benefit is that they will help to keep the moisture in the body of the planter.
There was a "stowaway" in the green pepper plant pot that looks something like a cucumber, zucchini, squash or melon of some sort. I put that in a separate pot to see what we'll get. Or....it might simply be a weed. Only time will tell.
I can taste the grape tomatoes already.