Earth Boxes

I started building my own Earth Boxes today. I have two "real" Earth Boxes that I bought a couple of years ago and I love them, but they are pricey. So, I did a Google search and found instructions on how to make my own using a Rubbermaid container and a few extra items easily purchased at our local home improvement store.

It's a fun project and my husband helped with cutting the pvc pipe that is used for watering. I think he took a sadistic satisfaction from my destroying two Rubbermaid containers since he works for Rubbermaid right now. :)

Everything is set up and all I'm waiting for is the potting mixture that he's off buying. It didn't take very long at all to create these growing containers. Compared to the $30+ for a real Earth Box, these cost less than $10 and are twice the size. We could have made them even less expensively, but we're just not interested in all the extra work that would have been involved. We cheated a bit from the instructions we found on-line. :) For instance, instead of purchasing a 10 ft long piece of 4" pvc pipe and cutting it into sections, we bought smaller pieces that were the perfect length to install without cutting. It's still a lot cheaper than buying the real thing.

In my "real" Earth Boxes, I already have tomatoes and peppers.

There's something about providing food for my family that just resonates with me. It's basic. It's life-giving. It's also a great experience for my children who enjoy the growing almost as much as the harvest. :)

It's not even lunch time and I've already accomplished one big goal for the week. Gotta love that.