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With all the snow and frigid temperatures, it's kind of hard to believe spring is only a couple of months away. I recently read about Bag Gardening and think it's a great idea. Planting more flower beds is always on my to-do list but the thought of all that work puts them at the bottom of the list.
In one of the pics I saw, the whole bag garden was placed on a piece of black plastic; so there was no weeding at all to be done.
Here are some of the articles I found:
Here are a couple more sites relating to bag gardening:
These Flickr pictures are great! I had no idea one bag could produce so many plants
This Mother Earth News article also contains a link to straw bale gardening
If you have children just learning about growing things, here is a good article about growing small window sill gardens using heavy-duty Ziploc freezer bags. Great for growing herbs, too.
In one of the pics I saw, the whole bag garden was placed on a piece of black plastic; so there was no weeding at all to be done.
Here are some of the articles I found:
There are many reasons why growing a garden in today’s day an age are difficult. Mostly I hear that folks just don’t have the time to invest in maintainting and creating a garden! With all the hustle and bustle of today’s world, finding time to garden may be near immpossible. Another reason is poor soil, where I live, finding dirt that will provide the nutrients needed to produce a family garden was fruitless (literally!) Now we are talking money! Investing in good dirt for a garden indeed can add up in your pocket.
Fear not! I have a solution to both of these problems…bag gardening!
Bag gardening is perfect for small family size gardens, creates beautiful plants, takes only a small investment and provides a no muss-no fuss form of gardening. Purchase one bag of organic soil for every three plants that you plan on growing. Lay the bags down in the area that you wish to place your garden and poke small holes on one side of each bag for drainage, and cut one large hole on the other side of the bag for plants.
If you wish to grow your plants by seed, just plant your seeds right in the large hole right in the bag. If you choose to plant already growing plants, transplant them from the pots right into the bag. For smaller plants you can plant up to three plants in each bag, for larger plants, such as tomatoes, stack two bags on top of each other and plant only one plant per bag.
Cover the bags in mulch and Voila…insta-garden!
Fear not! I have a solution to both of these problems…bag gardening!
Bag gardening is perfect for small family size gardens, creates beautiful plants, takes only a small investment and provides a no muss-no fuss form of gardening. Purchase one bag of organic soil for every three plants that you plan on growing. Lay the bags down in the area that you wish to place your garden and poke small holes on one side of each bag for drainage, and cut one large hole on the other side of the bag for plants.
If you wish to grow your plants by seed, just plant your seeds right in the large hole right in the bag. If you choose to plant already growing plants, transplant them from the pots right into the bag. For smaller plants you can plant up to three plants in each bag, for larger plants, such as tomatoes, stack two bags on top of each other and plant only one plant per bag.
Cover the bags in mulch and Voila…insta-garden!
These Flickr pictures are great! I had no idea one bag could produce so many plants
This Mother Earth News article also contains a link to straw bale gardening
If you have children just learning about growing things, here is a good article about growing small window sill gardens using heavy-duty Ziploc freezer bags. Great for growing herbs, too.
