truck bedliner garden

[racsan]

over the past 6 months ive found 3 different bedliners that have somehow escaped the truck beds they were in, where i live im not allowed to plant anything in the ground, but can have plants in a above ground container. got the bright idea to make a endgate for one of the bedliners and make it into a garden. this bedliner is 6'x5' about 17" deep. was going to put it up on the awning but the dirt alone weighs over 900 pounds. most of the plants i have were started from seeds, the exception is the pepper plants that i just added this a.m. the dirt fill consists of 3 bags of mulch in the bottom, 2 bales of peat moss, 23 bags of topsoil and topped off by one more bale of peat moss. once i mow the next time, i'll put grass clippings on it also.

 

[AllanD]

Why aren't you allowed to plant anything In the ground?

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[Will]

Probably got the utilities 8" under ground in the trailer court.

 

[warrior24]

LOL I use mine to store gravel in for when I pour concrete.

 

[AllanD]

whatever gardening I do here is also above ground in raised beds.

for a rather different reason... I have just barely enough soil for grass,
planting a rose bush involved spending an afternoon playing Tetris in
reverse lifting broken pieces of shale out through the access hole in
the dirt I created with pick and shovel

If I ever decided to plant an actual tree I'd start by buying a case
of 60% ammonia dynamite and a roll of primacord.

Or rent a bulldozer and yank an exsisting tree out of the ground then
put the new tree in the hole the old tree occupied.

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[cocoasranger]

AllanD, You must be one of those truck farmers I keep hearing about.

 

[AllanD]

Nope, but I have a realistic grasp of how little topsoil I have

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[racsan]

i think its over the buried utilities, some spots are less than 6" underground. i hate being in a trailer park, but its relatively cheap living.

 

[LearjetMinako]

Once upon a time, I did have garden. But the bermuda grass would not stop trying to take over. And my father just kept getting angery everytime I cut up a 10'x10' section of the backyard. Last year I did the bucket thing. Heat killed my plants and did not get a single fruit. This year, I'm trying clay pots as they are bigger than 5gal buckets and are more resistent to heat. And they are place by my window where the morning sun hits them but are shaded by the afternoon. Plus they get water when it rains from it coming off the roof.

 

[Will]

Nope, but I have a realistic grasp of how little topsoil I have

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I know what you are dealing with. I live on clay. Drainage tile doesn't work--you have to shape the ground to drain it. When my wife put in a garden I had to haul loads of soil from up in the woods. She dug out where the garden was to be and I poured in topsoil. Otherwise, our topsoil is a slight discoloration on top of the clay. And big fawking rocks are constantly growing everywhere--like 500#+ rocks. There's a layer of them, mudstone mostly, right under the soil. I've carved down 15' deep so I have a good idea of the geology of my hill.

Clay is awesome. It's dry and firm and will support a loader, then it gets weight and will suck anything down and doubles it's weight because it won't let go of the water.

All that work and a reinforced regiment of deer will eat each shoot the second it extends the first tenative leaf.

 

[AllanD]

My ground will support anything and because it's cracked sedimentary rock I have excellent drainage... too good actually

As for deer eating things? I recommend a using a lead based spray.
Personally I use one called 22 to keep the deer off plants I care about.

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[LearjetMinako]

As for deer eating things? I recommend a using a lead based spray.
Personally I use one called 22 to keep the deer off plants I care about.