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Lynda I love those tires. Did you have any problems with cutting down the sides? What tool did you use?

Cool season peas, like snow peas and sugar snaps, are traditionally started around March 17, depending on where you are. I started mine March 19, and they got too hot and died. So this year, they'll be started in February. Same with cabbage and other cool season crops. My last frost is usually mid April. By mid June, we're in the mid to upper 80s.

oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I read that over & over, and still kept reading "it tastes like a peach." Sorry all over the place, OP- LOL!

Wahoo, you go Token. I'm very glad you took on this effort. I hope you are getting some nice things too.

As a newbie last year I did some with slits and they also got algae etc on the top. The slits clogged up with dirt. There were others I used a drill bit and did holes about 1/4 in or maybe 1/8... they worked better. I also did holes on the side to help with some drainage. Those did much better!! Karen

After a few years what works best for me is a soldering iron which I think my DH picked up at yard sale. I use mainly 2-litre pop bottles, so I bore one hole in the middle and then diagonal slits in each of the little sections on the bottom. This way I get both the bottom and the sides (which I think is essential for good drainage) in one fell swoop. Quick and easy. I always use in a well-ventilated room or put a fan on away from me because I...

I can't believe you had a work person who actually knew that plants have seeds let alone how to collect them! If the person does know then they should have the garden etiquette to ask you first. When I saw the thread title I thought a four legged critter had eaten them. Just a nervy two legged critter. :)

Time to move this along...

tabor (my then 11 yr old son) drilled 1/8" holes 3 in each side of the parts of the bottom of the milk jugs, we divided them into 4 parts. i wanted them to drain well. i do like the idea of the drainage holes on the side. we may do that this year! **smile** ~medo

I'm not growing that variety. I have two plain thornless blueberry shrubs that I got from Lowe's about three years ago. I have two varieties that I bought over the last two years too. They are Vaccinium myrsinites and Vaccinium Darrowii "Rosa's Blush." I initially bought them because they are shorter evergreen shrubs without knowing they were blueberries. I'll be happy to have more fruit to eat though!