On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:48:10 -0500, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

>Janet B > wrote in
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>> http://www.ktvb.com/life/you-can-gro...toes/133548092
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>Neat. I'm going to try that this year. I already do a lot of similar
>container gardening on my deck with very good results. I buy plastic 5-
>gallon buckets from the DIY stores, drill several holes in the bottom of
>them, put a few inches of gravel in the bottom, then fill them with soil
>from a bagged planting mix. I've grown tomatoes, bell peppers, hot
>peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, and all my culinary herbs that way for
>several years. A good basic primer can be found at
>http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/spec...vegetables-in-
>buckets.htm.

Climb on board, neighbor. Another big deck gardener is Boron.
I think the potatoes will be fun because I can go to the nursery and
pick starts from a dozen or more varieties.
Take a drive by your local nursery and see what kind of pots they have
in their throw away bin. That's where I get my really big pots. They
used to be pots for trees. My nursery has a place for 'don't touch'
pots and 'help yourself pots.'
I have some lovely garlic bulbs that are sprouting. I'm going to put
them in a pot on the deck.
I started my deck gardening for the humming birds and things just kept
growing from there.
Janet US