• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

A Chick And Her Garden

  • Home
  • Blog
    • Baby
    • Chickens
    • Crafting
    • Gardening
    • Homestead Kids
    • Homesteading
    • Infertility
    • Recipes
    • Soap Making
  • Recommendations
  • Blogging
    • Store Affiliates
  • Shop
    • My account
    • Cart
    • Checkout

July 2, 2017

How To Build A Free Container Garden

Sharing is caring!

1.8Kshares
  • Facebook 60
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • WhatsApp
  • Pocket
  • Yummly
  • Email

How to Build a Free Container Garden

This page may contain affiliate links. I may earn a small comission when you make a purchase, but it does not effect your cost. Thank you so much for your support of A Chick And Her Garden! ~ Staci

This June has been nonstop rain and temps in the 60’s and 70’s!  It has been torture for my clay soil garden.  I’ve been watching all of my hard work either sit stunted or waste away from the soggy soil.

We don't all have huge homestead properties and sometimes need to garden in containers.  That can get expensive, but if you raise chickens, this is the perfect way to build a FREE container garden! #smallspacegardening #gardentips #frugalgardening #gardeningonabudget #containergardenideas #gardening #vegetablegardens #achickandhergarden

Planting in clay is not impossible, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of soil amendments to improve it.  Each year it does get better, but with the rain we’ve gotten this year I felt pretty hopeless.

<

Fortunately for me, I started double the amount of tomato and pepper plants this year with the intention of selling them.

Share the love! Pin me for later!Sometimes we don't have the option of our dream garden. Whether it's lack of land, or poor soil, it doesn't mean you can't grow your own fresh produce! Check out how to build a free container garden! #gardening #containergarden #frugalliving #selfsufficiency #achickandhergarden

I wasn’t planning on giving up completely on our main garden.  But I wasn’t taking any chances of having a complete failure.

Related Posts:

What to Plant in a Healing Garden

How to Create an Edible Combination Planter

How Do You Save Space Growing Potatoes

All About Growing Echinacea

What Are Succulents and How Do You Grow Them?

Every Homestead Needs a Cutting Garden

Pasteurize Worm Castings

The Perfect Plant Markers From Re-Purposed Canning Lids

23 Reasons Why You Need Nasturtium In Your Garden

I planned on just re-potting my extra seedlings and transplanting them if and when the rain ever let up.  But I ran out of larger pots.  What I did have plenty of was chicken feed bags!  Check out how I use them to grow potatoes!

To build a container garden, it can get pretty expensive if you’re buying all your pots from the store.

It doesn’t seem like a lot when you’re buying them here and there.  But it adds up quick if you’re buying it all at once!

So when I have a free resource I’m taking full advantage!

How to build a free container garden!

When I started to build my containers, I thought about cutting the feed bags down and changed my mind.  By folding them down, halfway, I made them a bit sturdier.

After folding them down, cut some drainage holes in the bottom of the bags.

Fill the bags with a mix of soil and compost.

Plant your seedlings, or direct sow seeds like cucumbers, squash or beans, in the bags and water thoroughly.

For taller plants, like tomatoes or peppers, add a cage or stake for support.

For climbing plants like cucumbers and pole beans, place the bag next to a trellis or allow them to vine out if you have the space.

What other plants can I grow in feed bags?

I’m not really sure why I hadn’t thought of it sooner, I already use feed bags for potatoes!  Check out how I grow up to 50 pounds of potatoes in feed bags here.

 

You can also plant…

  • Carrots
  • Lettuce
  • Spinach
  • Onions
  • Bush beans
  • Herbs
  • Annuals

Another great free resource to build a free container garden is buckets!

Where can you get them for free??  Check with local restaurants!  Ask if they have any spare 5 gallon, food grade, buckets available!

Have you planted a container garden?  Tell me in the comments how it went!

 

Gardening, Homesteading Tagged: garden, gardening, homestead, homesteading

Previous Post: « Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Next Post: 27 Uses For Vinegar On the Homestead »

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me On Social Media

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Get It First

Be the first to know about new posts, products and freebies!

Check Out What We’re Up To!

Follow Me on Social Media!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Store Affiliates
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright ©2021 A Chick And Her Garden : - Theme by Lovely Confetti

1.8Kshares
  • 60