My small raised garden planter finally rotted away this winter so, inspired by your repurposed horse tank, I finished sanding our old one and have one coat of Rustoleum on the outside (only) and bought a second color to paint a darker border at the bottom (yeah, well 🤣. thinking about letting the grandkids hand paint some pictures on it…
My small raised garden planter finally rotted away this winter so, inspired by your repurposed horse tank, I finished sanding our old one and have one coat of Rustoleum on the outside (only) and bought a second color to paint a darker border at the bottom (yeah, well 🤣. thinking about letting the grandkids hand paint some pictures on it after it cures!) and will have a couple tomato plants, a bell pepper plant and a cucumber plant in there before long. I have some pots with herbs from last year that are already coming up.
I've read about processing herbs and freezing them with a little water in ice cube trays. I think I might try that, then I just drop in a cube or two while cooking.
I hate to tell you but the motion lights have not stopped the deer at my house. We originally got them because we were having a skunk problem, they did resolve that. I have them spaced all along the front porch, sides and back of the house. The deer still ate every single Daylilly bloom and Black Eyed Susan bloom that run the whole length of the front and side of the house. It was at this point I decided deer weren't so beautiful after all. I was sitting on the porch swing late one night when a deer came up, the light came on, it was not the least bit startled, just looked around a second and proceeded to demolish more flowers. So I bought a motion sensor that makes lots of noise (dog bark, gun shots, music, several choices) and flashes a light too. I will try that this year....and probably scare only ourselves and our cat. We will see.
We have the land for a huge garden now that all of our horses have crossed the rainbow bridge, but we don't have the strength and energy to do that anymore, and my sweet hubby isn't into growing things (my weeds he calls them) or any kind of gardening so I'm pretty happy with my raised beds.
My small raised garden planter finally rotted away this winter so, inspired by your repurposed horse tank, I finished sanding our old one and have one coat of Rustoleum on the outside (only) and bought a second color to paint a darker border at the bottom (yeah, well 🤣. thinking about letting the grandkids hand paint some pictures on it after it cures!) and will have a couple tomato plants, a bell pepper plant and a cucumber plant in there before long. I have some pots with herbs from last year that are already coming up.
I've read about processing herbs and freezing them with a little water in ice cube trays. I think I might try that, then I just drop in a cube or two while cooking.
I hate to tell you but the motion lights have not stopped the deer at my house. We originally got them because we were having a skunk problem, they did resolve that. I have them spaced all along the front porch, sides and back of the house. The deer still ate every single Daylilly bloom and Black Eyed Susan bloom that run the whole length of the front and side of the house. It was at this point I decided deer weren't so beautiful after all. I was sitting on the porch swing late one night when a deer came up, the light came on, it was not the least bit startled, just looked around a second and proceeded to demolish more flowers. So I bought a motion sensor that makes lots of noise (dog bark, gun shots, music, several choices) and flashes a light too. I will try that this year....and probably scare only ourselves and our cat. We will see.
We have the land for a huge garden now that all of our horses have crossed the rainbow bridge, but we don't have the strength and energy to do that anymore, and my sweet hubby isn't into growing things (my weeds he calls them) or any kind of gardening so I'm pretty happy with my raised beds.