attempted suburban gardening - take 1:

a friend recently moved in with me - an aspiring hippy, currently caught by the man. we have great conversations about living in communes and growing all our own food. with my current employed status, i find i have the funds to actually attempt this whole "growing" "things" of which people speak.

idea found here.



it's exactly what it looks like! a shoe hanger used as a planter...i went the cheap route and bought one with a fabric backing, but the front is plastic. this will probably end with two important results: 1) it won't work as well as an all-fabric one for the dripping of water from the top to the bottom and 2) it will fall apart much quicker. however, the price difference was such that i found it necessary to purchase the cheaper of my two options at the store. :)



i'm having to start all of my salad leaf plants off from seeds, so i've not been able to transplant them into the pockets yet. i would've provided photos of those, but how much does anyone want to look at pictures of peat pots with mud in them?



so far i have rosemary and tomatoes, yellow and green bell pepper [i expect these to fail], and a strawberry plant that i broke into two bits because it was already too large for one pocket.



mmm...strawberries! oh, and my helper. my incredibly helpful helper and the newest addition to my increasingly strange family.