tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74378420931594080402024-03-13T23:08:08.049-07:00Garden Anywhere BoxGarden Anywhere Box is committed to helping you discover an easier way to garden. No weeding. Self-watering. Portable. Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-83714329600753032222016-01-27T06:11:00.004-08:002016-01-27T06:22:17.761-08:00Growing A Garden...In Three Weeks<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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One of the pictures that we show people when explaining about how Garden Anywhere Box works is a picture of our garden from 6/23/14. This is the picture of our pool deck surrounded by boxes and Larry cleaning the pool. <br />
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Below is picture documentation of planting on June 1, 10 days later and 13 days after that.<br />
<span style="font-size: 14.4444px; line-height: 19.32px;"><br />The following pictures are documentation of the plant growth of the boxes on our back deck. It was really amazing to see the visible growth in just three weeks. I love our automatic watering system. Not only do we have a garden that we don't have to weed, we have a garden that waters itself automatically.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 1, 2014 south side of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 1, 2014 west side of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 1, 2014 north side of the garden</td></tr>
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This next set of pictures is of the growth ten days after planting. Assorted tomatoes, squash and peppers, cucumbers, okra, sunflowers and herbs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 10, 2014 The south side of the garden.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 10, 2014 The west side of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 10, 2014 the north side of the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">June 10, 2014- The Garden</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">The last pictures are of our garden thirteen days later, three weeks from planting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Before Garden Anywhere Box, I was a brown-thumb gardener. I had a traditional garden for years. It was a lot of work. I didn't mind that, but I did mind not getting very much yield for all of the work. By July, it was too hot and my garden was too weedy to care. I always said, "Oh, well, I'll try again nexy year, but every year it was the same. My garden was where plants came to die...lol. After years of this, I had decided that I was done. I was older and the hard work of a garden was not as appealing as it once was. That is when we made one last ditch effort to garden in self-watering containers...and viola! The first year we got tomatoes and I didn't have to weed the garden.<br /><br />The problem arose after Larry had made over twenty boxes that we had to water by hand. Self-watering really means "your-self" watering every day or two. I asked Larry if there was an easier way to water the boxes. He thought about it and invented a solution. That is when Garden Anywhere Box was born.<br /><br />Our boxes connect by tubing, like boxcars. The watering system attaches to a water source, like a rain barrel or outdoor faucet. The watering system senses when the water level is low, comes on, fills the water reservoirs all at once and shuts off when full. You can go on vacation and your garden will be watered while you are gone.<br /><br />Ga</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">rden Anywhere Box makes gardening easier. If I can be a successful gardener, anyone can. </span></div>
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-53109182151541648782015-05-26T18:44:00.000-07:002015-05-26T20:20:10.714-07:00My Journey to a Love of Gardening<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">My
mother did not grow vegetables, but she had the most beautiful flower garden.
She knew all of the names of the plants in Latin. She had green thumbs. I did
not acquire her talent or desire for gardening, but when I got married...almost
32 years ago...I really wanted to try to grow vegetables. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year my husband and I would till and weed and plant, hoping to harvest
something. I had fair to good luck...some years...but other years, my brown
thumbs were showing and most everything would die. Most every year, by July, it
would be so hot and weedy, that I would give up...until the next year when,
with hope renewed, we would try again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never "loved" gardening, but I did want to grow at least tomatoes. A
few years ago, I decided that I was DONE with gardening. We were getting older
and I was tired of failing. I asked my husband about trying to garden in
containers. I got a few and tried it and...viola!...I grew tomatoes. I didn't
even have to weed the garden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was eight years ago. My husband started making boxes and expanding our garden.
We were truly successful in the garden for the first time..and no weeding. Over three years, we expanded our garden to about 20 boxes. The only trouble
was that I was having to water all of the boxes by hand...in Oklahoma and my
husband was working in Chicago. I called and asked him if there was an easier
way to water all of the boxes because it was a lot more time consuming than I
hoped. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got to thinking about the situation and over a couple of summers, came up with
a solution. He invented a watering system that watered all of boxes at once. It
was amazing! No weeding AND self-watering. Truly self-watering. I didn't have
to do a thing but hook the watering system up to the hose. (you can also use a rain barrel)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">We
loved this way of gardening so much that we decided that we needed to start a
business and share this easier way of gardening with others. That is how Garden
Anywhere Box was born. We travel around to fairs and farmers markets to share
our easier way of gardening. We love this so much that we have to share. We
talk to so many people like us. People who have tried to garden, but gave up or
people who have never gardened because they just don't know where to start. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are people everywhere who love to garden. They love the
process of getting the ground ready, composting and even weeding. I am not one
of those people. I do believe that gardening should be as natural as it can
be...composting and replenishing the soil, but...if you can't do that, do you
do nothing? I say do what you can to grow your own food. Garden Anywhere Box is
making gardeners out of people who had given up or had never gardened before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I said, I never loved gardening. I thought that I was a failure. It has only
been in the last few years that I have discovered a LOVE of gardening and
accepted the fact that I really am a gardener. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Instead of weeding and watering, I go out every morning before it gets hot, harvest what is ready, visit with the bees, take pictures and come inside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Gardening gives me joy. I have
found joy in the garden after all these years. It is our mission to share GAB
with others and help them find joy in the garden, too. </span></div>
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you have read this far, thank you for taking the time to read about my journey
to a love of gardening. It took almost 30 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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couple of years ago, I found a quote by Alice Walker. It really touched my
heart. "In Search of my Mother's Garden, I Found My Own."</span></div>
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mother was an amazing gardener, but I never connected with her through
gardening. She's been gone 11 years. I wish she was still here so that I could
show her that I found "my" green thumbs and share my love of
gardening with her.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-27825924399850849792015-05-22T10:34:00.001-07:002015-05-22T10:34:41.238-07:00My Kind of Garden<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't garden in the ground. I garden in boxes. I used to have a traditional garden. For years, my
husband would till the ground, we'd weed and all of the traditional garden
things...until I just got tired of it. I was never a "green thumb"
gardener. I never had high yields. Plus, I don't like to weed and the Oklahoma
heat can be brutal. I had given up on gardening, but still wished that I could
grow at least some tomatoes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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year I was successful. I got tomatoes and cucumbers and I didn't have to weed
the garden. I was hooked! The picture on the left is our first attempt to grow tomatoes in a box. The picture on the right is two months later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was eight years ago. My husband started making boxes
to expand our garden. About five years ago, I had about 20 boxes that I was
watering by hand...in Oklahoma, and he was working in Chicago. I asked him if
there was an easier way to water everything besides dragging the hose around to every box. He thought about it and through
trial and error, invented a watering system that would water all of the boxes
at once. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our watering system is what is unique about this type of container
garden. All of our boxes are connected by tubing. The watering system hooks up
to an outdoor faucet or rain barrel. The watering system senses when the water
level is low in the boxes, comes on, waters everything and shuts off. It uses
gravity, not electricity. Plus, you can go on vacation and your garden will be
watered while you are gone. A lot of people ask if this is hydroponics or
aquaponics. It is neither. Just potting mix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We liked this way of gardening so much that we felt that
we needed to share this with others. This led to us starting a business to
share an easier way of gardening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We call our company, <b>Garden Anywhere Box</b>. No weeding.
Self-watering. Portable. <br /><br />We also say, <b>"Garden Anywhere Box...Turning Brown Thumbs Green."</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The portable part is how I am able to have a garden year 'round. My husband built a simple greenhouse onto our house. Most of the
produce was started this winter in about January. As it got warmer, we moved
the boxes outside. Now, with the the heavy rains and flooding that we've had
recently, our garden is protected in boxes with plastic over the top. When some
gardens are getting drowned and washing away, mine is staying put. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always felt like a failure in the garden. Every year I
would try and hope that my garden would be successful, and then, by July, it
would be too hot and weedy to care anymore. I never really enjoyed weeding.
Some people love the whole process of gardening. I'm not one of those people,
but I do love the harvest. I've just found an easier way to go about it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a picture of our pool deck garden from last June.
No weeding. Self-watering. Portable. This is a pic of three weeks worth of
growth. We planted June 1. This pic was taken 23 days later. We travel to
farmers markets, fairs and expos in Oklahoma sharing our easier way of
gardening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will always be traditional gardeners who love the
process, but there are others like me who either have never gardened before
because it's a daunting task or who've given up. This is an alternative. And,
if you love the traditional way, GAB is an option. You can still have your
garden in the ground, but can also have one in a GAB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can garden year
round. When it's cold outside or the weather is unpredictable like where you
are, start your garden indoors, bring it out when the weather is warm. When
your ground can be worked, plant a traditional garden along with your GAB, and
then when the weather turns cold and your garden in the ground is done for the
winter, bring your GABs back inside and continue gardening. The best of both
worlds. I believe that that a traditional garden is the ideal way to garden.
Composting and replenishing the soil, but if you can't do that, do you do
nothing? I believe GAB is an alternative for those who don't have the time,
space or ability to have a traditional garden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1. </span><b style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">No Weeding</b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">-the plastic on top keeps the weeds
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waters your garden for you. Hook up the GABs to the watering system and to a water source (outdoor faucet or rain barrel) and your garden will be watered automatically (needs no electricity). The watering system detects when the water level is low, comes on, fills the water reservoir in each box and shuts off when the boxes are full. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">3. </span><b style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Portable- </b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">when the weather turns cold, </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">you can move your garden inside or into a greenhouse and
<b>garden year 'round</b>.<br /><br />Winter, spring, summer, fall...Garden Anywhere does it all!<br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PVC pipe and plastic.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> It is attached to our house. </span><br />
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Starter Kit, t</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">hree GABs and our exclusive watering system. It may seem like an
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of gardening space. You can add many boxes together (like box cars) to one watering system and make your garden as big as you want.<br /><br />The cost of redressing the boxes for the next growing season is very affordable, too. No costly chemicals. All you need is a big bag of fertilizer, dolomite and a roll of plastic. You can get these items at a feed store or nursery. These three things should cost about $30 and should last for many growing seasons.<br /><br />Take it from a former "brown thumb." If I can be a successful gardener, anyone can. At Garden Anywhere Box, we pride ourselves on customer service. We are committed to helping you discover an easier way to garden. We are here to answer questions. We want you to succeed.<br /><br />Visit us at www.gardenanywherebox.com to learn more about an easier way to garden and to order your Starter Kit today.<br />Don't let another summer pass you by.<br />You CAN garden in a box.<br />Garden Anywhere Box</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Once you realize that you can be a successful gardener, you will start to get excited about gardening. Not only will you want to grow tomatoes, but you'll want to see what else you can grow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago, I grew Strawberry popcorn. It's cute little red ears of corn. Let it dry, remove it from the cob and make your own popcorn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find Strawberry corn at <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/strawberry-popcorn/" target="_blank">Baker Creek Heirloom Seed. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bear Paw corn is something that I want to try this year. I got seeds at Cherrygal.com, but can't seem to open the link today.<a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/onlinestore/corn/Corn-Bear-Paw-OG.html" target="_blank">Seed Savers</a> also sells the seeds. Read the interesting history behind the seed on their website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I first read about Cucamelons in a post by James Wong, a gardener in England. I thought they looked like fun to grow, but wanted to find seeds available in America if possible. I found a place in AZ called <a href="http://store.underwoodgardens.com/Cucamelon-_-Mouse-Melon-Melothria-scabra/productinfo/V1041/#.VRlOCPnF-So" target="_blank">Terroir Seeds</a>. They have all kinds of fun seeds. Check out their website.<br /><br />Cucamelon looks like a miniature watermelon, but tastes like a cucumber. Wouldn't these be perfect in salads? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also wanted to try to grow cotton. We went to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture several times last year. They had a nice little garden out in front of the building. One of the things they were growing was cotton. I thought that would be fun to grow as a decoration. I found some seeds from <a href="http://www.reimerseeds.com/mrc-5156-white-cotton.aspx" target="_blank">Reimer Seeds</a>. They have some other fun stuff like sugar cane. I'm going to try that, too. </span><br />
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<br />Where to begin?<br /><br />Our #1 highlight from any show/fair/farmers market is the people. We love meeting people and talking with them about their gardening experiences. <br /><br />We want to thank the people connected with The Home and Garden Show for allowing us to be a featured booth, especially RaeAnn Saunders. The H&G staff was present and available if anything was needed. We also want to thank The Oklahoman and Tim and Jim, the writer and photographer for doing a<a href="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-couple-develop-garden-anywhere-box/article/5382838" target="_blank"> story </a>about Garden Anywhere Box. So many people that stopped by our booth said that they read about us in the paper and came to the Home and Garden Show just to see us. How exciting!<br /><br />Here are a couple of pictures from the show. Larry is demonstrating the watering system in the first picture. Our friend and mentor, LB stopped by to talk about GAB with people. He has been a long-time friend and big supporter of Garden Anywhere Box from the beginning.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were happy to see the librarian,now retired, from the elementary school that my older sons attended. She read the article in the paper and wanted to stop by. It was nice to see her again and nice that she got to see the boys all grown up. We all remember her fondly. Good times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of schools, we love when teachers stop by our booth. Several teachers want to get boxes for the classroom. We believe that Garden Anywhere Box is perfect for schools. Because the boxes are portable, you can garden year 'round. Unlike a garden in the ground or a raised bed, GAB can be brought inside the classroom. It can also be taken home for the summer after school lets out. You can't do that with a raised bed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We have an idea for a <a href="http://gardenanywherebox.com/fundraiser/" target="_blank">fundraiser </a>that we believe would be beneficial for us and the schools. We are just getting started with this through the Agriculture department of Larry's high school alma mater. The Ag. dept. has an annual plant (flower) sale. This year they hope to expand and sell vegetable plants as well. We would partner with them to sell boxes. For each Starter Kit sold, the school will receive $25. This could add up fast. This would provide extra money for the school, new customers for us and lots of people gardening. <br /><br />Another highlight from the Show was a cooking demonstration from <a href="http://www.uptowngroceryco.com/" target="_blank">Uptown Grocery</a>. Their chefs made the best kabobs. Our booth was near the Lifestyle Stage, so we got to hear different speakers and sample the food. Bonus!<br /><br />I was visiting with a lady who said that her town had just begun water rationing. She was </span><br />
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waiting on her husband to be able to show him the boxes. Unbeknownst to me, her husband was stopping by different booths to learn about guttering and rain barrels and other means of water conservation. When he got to our booth, he started talking with Larry about the boxes. It wasn't until later that Larry told me that this man owned an Ace Hardware store and was interested in selling GABs. He is trying to do all he can to accommodate the drought that his city is faced with. We are really excited about this. Obviously, we want to sell boxes. This is our family business and we have bills to pay...but this will also be a great opportunity to get more people gardening and save water in the process.<br /><br />Garden Anywhere Box uses up to 70% less water than a traditional garden. The plastic on top keeps the weeds out, but it also keeps the moisture in. The only evaporation is through the plant. This method of gardening is perfect for drought-stricken areas.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of water conservation, Larry was asked to be on KTOK 1000 on Saturday. The Garden Show was doing a live broadcast. Larry has been on there before and was happy to have the opportunity again. He was asked about water conservation using the boxes. He was able to share that Garden Anywhere Box is a great way to garden and conserve water at the same time.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In our booth, we had a loop of GAB videos playing on the television. One was our </span><a href="http://www.news9.com/story/26108314/oklahoma-inventor-creates-box-to-make-gardening-easier" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">News 9 </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clip from last summer. Another video was a</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TsHj353w_U" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> cartoon </a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that one of our sons made that is on our </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfJ2WbQIPgyOyyfBorOGaHw" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Garden Anywhere Box You Tube channel.</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is a short, cute cartoon that shows how the boxes work. Two different people approached our son about his talent and want to visit with him about other projects. Very cool! Our son is self-taught in animation. When he was twelve, he asked for a flash animation program for his birthday. After we figured out what that was...lol...we bought him one, He learned how to animate cartoons. He and his brother used to do a cartoon series in their teen years. They did the voices, drawing, music and animation. It was very good in my humble mom opinion. Very proud of my talented children! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here are pictures of three of our sons explaining how the boxes work. Mom fail moment because for some reason, I did not get a picture of our #3 son. He was also talking to people and showing how the boxes work. I also do not have a picture of our daughter who is 15. She and our daughter-in-law (wife to #2 son) stayed home and made Grow Packs for the boxes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We were very busy the whole weekend. There was a lull Friday night towards the end, but I understand that it was because the Thunder was playing.<br /><br />We love sharing Garden Anywhere Box with others. GAB has made such a difference in our lives. This truly is an easier and successful way to garden. To get your own Garden Anywhere Box or to learn more, visit our website at www.gardenanywherebox.com<br /><br />We will be at the<a href="http://www.homeshowokc.com/OKCHS/EventsHome.aspx" target="_blank"> Home and Outdoor Living Show</a> in March. Hope to see you there.<br /><br /><br />An update to our story... This event and these pictures occurred just two weeks after Larry was released from the hospital. He developed pneumonia the day after Christmas. We were in the hospital for eight days. While there, his x-ray showed that his heart was enlarged. He left the hospital pneumonia-free, but with 3 stents in his heart. Three weeks later he had a stroke. I call him the "Energizer Bunny." He just keeps going and going. His stroke was not as bad as it could have been, but at times he has trouble saying all that he wants to say.<br /></span></div>
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-40851787133819822932015-01-18T05:42:00.000-08:002015-01-19T02:09:45.203-08:00Thoughts About Gardening in a Box...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small rant...One of the speakers across from our booth at the Home and Garden Show said that gardening used to be very popular, but then it started to decline. The gardening industry panicked and began offering "gardening in a box." Our ears perked up since that is what we offer. After listening to him...and going online when I got home to try to clarify for myself his line of thinking... I concluded that he was talking about flower gardening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quote from the article ..."It’s such an exquisite example of the pandering, avarice-driven, disrespectful motives espoused by portions of the American gardening industry. “Our exclusive garden in a box makes it simple” sums up their true opinion of today’s American gardener: You’re too busy, too lazy, and way too stupid to learn about garden design, so send us $125 and we’ll ship you your next garden via UPS. Plunk it in according to the diagram, and boy, won’t you be proud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“BUY IT, PLANT IT, WATCH IT GROW!” Do you sense what they’re NOT saying? Don’t learn, don’t investigate, don’t experiment, don’t decide which perennials you love, or those you hate. Don’t worry about your soil, don’t think about disease, don’t even water the thing, for that matter … just buy it, plant it, and watch it grow." (Yikes!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think what he does not realize is that not everyone fancies themselves a gardener. Some people need help. Some people want easy. That does not mean that they are lazy or stupid. It just means that they look for another way to solve a problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I "think" he was talking about flowers (it does not matter), his words still resonated with me. We offer an easier way to garden. It is folly to insinuate that a person is not a true gardener just because they don't want to spend laborious hours in the garden trying to figure it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I realize that there are some people who are gifted that way. My mother was. She would spend hours in her flower garden. She knew the Latin names of the plants. She had so many different colors and kinds of flowers. Her garden was beautiful. Planning, planting and design gave her joy. I did not get that gift. I did not have the "gardening gene." I did not have joy in the garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I got older and got married, I wanted to have a garden...not flowers, but vegetables...but I discovered that I did not have green thumbs. In fact, I did not have much success at all. I did the work, but still my plants did not thrive. My husband and I would work really hard in the spring, tilling, weeding, making straight rows, planting seeds. By July, it was hot and weedy and I had very little harvest to show for my work. I was done...for the year...until the next year with renewed hope, I would try again...with similar results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It got to be too hard to try again. I was older and did not want to work so hard for so little to show for my efforts. That's when we started gardening in boxes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Garden Anywhere Box, I have success. I do not consider myself either lazy or stupid for wanting an easier way to garden. If it is a garden in a box, so be it. It works. Some people love to garden in the ground. They love the process. I do not begrudge them that at all. I think it's amazing to see beautiful gardens, flower or vegetable, that are thriving and huge, but I know the work that goes into making them beautiful. I am not that person.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHfKWGY1vpZz7Sz7co_Pxs2wjfbr07-gtjZkRM1dVqXYOl9KoXYH1x9rWffN51P_CH5qmd3BtvKiYwpb9iUYeXNF-4ZcfXl-OGKbVEOAElsPJR7-KTGLgel0PmxBiQT3OExUhyphenhyphenyrScQg3/s1600/gab+postcard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHfKWGY1vpZz7Sz7co_Pxs2wjfbr07-gtjZkRM1dVqXYOl9KoXYH1x9rWffN51P_CH5qmd3BtvKiYwpb9iUYeXNF-4ZcfXl-OGKbVEOAElsPJR7-KTGLgel0PmxBiQT3OExUhyphenhyphenyrScQg3/s1600/gab+postcard.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found a way to grow and harvest vegetables without tilling the ground. weeding or investment of "sweat-equity" in the garden. I do not apologize for that. I revel in it. I want to shout it from the roof-tops. I have found joy in the garden. To those of you who were not born with green thumbs, who have given up on ever having success in the garden or who have never tried... Garden Anywhere Box works. You CAN be a successful gardener.<br /><br />And the part about being "too stupid about learning garden design"...your education is just beginning. Once you realize that you can be successful in the garden, it's time to start really learning. What do you want to grow? What is companion planting? What herbs repel bugs? How can I attract bees to my garden? What does it mean to grow organic and why should I care? What are GMO's? "Oh, the place's you'll go"...in your quest for gardening knowledge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can GARDEN ANYWHERE.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I discovered a quote by Alice Walker a couple of years ago. It says, "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own." That is how I feel. I didn't arrive at my destination the same way as others, but I did arrive. </span></div>
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<br />Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-72925604889244749232014-12-22T07:23:00.001-08:002014-12-22T07:23:38.889-08:00My Favorite Things...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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1. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I use heirloom seeds in my garden. Heirloom seeds are "seeds with a
story." Some seeds date back to the days of Thomas Jefferson. There
are seeds that have been handed down through families. The people at Baker
Creek travel the world to find rare and unique seeds.<br />
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My favorite seeds: American Beauty sunflower, Cosmic Purple carrot, Boston
Pickling cucumber, Golden squash, White Scallop squash, Cocozella di Napoli
squash, Black Beauty squash, Strawberry (pop) corn...<br />
<br />2. Sea Agri<br /><br />www.seaagri.com<br /><br />I first learned of Sea Agri years ago, but the shipping cost was pretty high. Now you can find it in most states and can get it easier. You do not have to have this to grow food in a GAB, but adding extra minerals from the sea to your food couldn't hurt. Go to their website to read more about Sea Agri and its benefits to your garden and lawn and livestock. <br /><br />3. Eckroat Seed - Dolomite<br /> <br /> http://www.eckroatseed.com/<br /> <br /> Eckroat Seed is a local company in OKC. They sell a 50# bag of dolomite for less than $10. We include a 2 cup bag of dolomite and fertilizer in each GAB. These two things plus black plastic is all that you need to redress your GABs each season. A 50# bag of dolomite will last a long time. Check with different seed/feed stores where you live to see what you can find. <br /><br /><br />4. Mason Bees <br /><br />http://davesbees.com/masonbees.html<br /> <br /> If you are lucky enough to have bees in your garden, you are very lucky. If you are not </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seeing bees in your garden, consider making a Mason bee house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mason bees don't make honey, but they are great pollinators. I provided a link to show you how to make your own Mason bee house. It is not hard and will reward you with hard-working bees all summer. <br /><br /> <br /><br />5. Willow Water<br /> <br /> http://www.bluestem.ca/willow-article1.htm<br /> <br /> i just learned about Willow Water. Gather some new growth small willow branches. Cut them into 1 inch pieces. Boil water and pour over the twigs. Let steep 24 hours. Discard the twigs and use the water as a rooting hormone for your plants. We pruned back a couple of tomato plants that had gotten spindly. The stalks did not look that great, but they were putting off new growth on the ends. We trimmed the ends and stuck them into potting mix. Now we have lots of new tomato plants. We will use the willow water rooting hormone to help stimulate root growth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to share our progress with you. One of my first blog posts was <a href="http://over-in-the-garden.blogspot.com/2011/12/garden-anywhere-by-lazy-gardener.html" target="_blank">Humble Beginnings</a>, and how we got started gardening in boxes. I posted <a href="http://over-in-the-garden.blogspot.com/2012/07/sorry-that-its-been-so-long-since-i.html" target="_blank">Things I Learned Last Summer</a> in 2012 updating on our progress and a post in September of last year about the <a href="http://over-in-the-garden.blogspot.com/2013/09/daily-garden-pictures-and-birth-of.html" target="_blank">birth of Garden Anywhere Box</a>. There have been other posts along the way updating our GAB journey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's time for another update. Every business has a story. This is the continuation of ours.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of you know that Larry has developed macular degeneration. It had been advancing slowly, but at the end of last year, it worsened. He could no longer drive or see the regular print on the computer to do his telecom job. He has been without a "regular job" since January. Thank heavens for Garden Anywhere Box. This is something that he can still do. We have been (mostly) able to live on GAB sales from The Home and Garden shows and farmers markets...but just barely. Pay bills...buy box supplies, both, neither...<br /><br />If Larry was able to do his telecom work, we would be fine, but apparently there was another plan. We were not ready to jump feet first into the deep end of our business just yet, but...here we are. Sink or swim. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some months have been really tough, especially as the summer gardening season came to an end. If it were not for the generosity of family, friends and our church, we don't know how we would have survived this year. We think of those that have helped us as silent investors. Your investment WILL pay off!<br /><br />We have had a booth at the Home and Garden Show for the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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The first year, 2013, we didn't even have any boxes to sell. We didn't know if anyone would want them. We paid for a booth space and handed out flyers to anyone that would take one. From that humble beginning we found out that, yes, people were interested in Garden Anywhere Box. Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second Home show, 2014, was a lot better than the first. We'd learned some things along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a picture of one of our last customers of the weekend. She had heard about us on the radio from Larry's "minute of fame" the day before. All she could remember was "garden box". </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This lady went through five buildings to find us.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> She has a condition that does not allow her to have a garden. She grew up with a big garden and misses not being able to have one. She literally was in pain by the time she found us. Larry was talking to someone, so we offered her a chair in our booth to sit and rest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We were so humbled that she would seek us out so diligently. I wish I could know how her garden did this year. When people buy GABs, they get us. We care and want to hear about successes and failures. We want everyone to be successful and if you aren't, we want to help.<br /><br />This picture is of William Moss, a Master Gardener who lives in Chicago and gardens in containers. http://www.wemoss.org/<br /><br />He was at the Home and Garden show this year. Larry met him while waiting to be on the radio. He invited Mr. Moss to come by our booth to see our container garden set-up. He said that he would stop by. His handler did not want to let him come because he was on a tight schedule, but he came anyway. Larry offered to send a Starter Kit to Chicago for him to try. He said that he would really like that. We emailed and tried to establish contact, but I guess he never got the email. Oh, well...it was still a pretty exciting meeting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a picture of Larry being interviewed by our local gardening show hosts. Notice the eye patch...perfect for radio...last year, he developed Bell's Palsy. When you have Bell's Palsy, sometimes your eyelid will not close without much struggle. This causes your eye to become irritated and dry. We got an eye patch, but our oldest (hipper) son was not satisfied. He got his dad a Steam Punk monocle to wear. Now, his dad could protect his eye and be cool. Plus, the monocle allowed him to see out instead of using the patch which blocked vision.<br /><br />Larry had to wear eye protection for a while and tape his eye shut at night. The Bells' Palsy lingered longer than we hoped. After almost a year, his Bell's Palsy was getting less noticeable. He started using frankincense essential oil around his eyes for a little while. One day I noticed that his eye was closing on its own and the Bell's Palsy was nearly gone. YAY! Yay for oils.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year has been a roller-coaster of a ride and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January, 2015 is fast approaching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did not even know if we could afford a booth at the Home and Garden Show this next year. We were planning to borrow the $1000 (yes, it costs that much) to pay for a 7x10 ft. space just to be there. I'd been emailing back and forth with the managers of the event to let them know our situation and that we really did want to be there. They were more than understanding and said that our product was perfect for the Home show and that they would wait for us. (Thank you!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Well...Larry got a call on Monday from one of the event managers. She asked him if he would consider a proposition. Okay...Intrigued. <br /><br />She asked what we would think abut having Garden Anywhere Box as one of their featured booths. We would get a 20x20 space (huge) for $500. (No kidding!) We would have to do demonstrations all throughout the weekend and be available for interviews. (Ummm...YES!) We were beyond excited to receive this invitation. We do demonstrations all the time. GAB is not self-explanatory so we always take the time to show how the boxes work and what we are growing.<br /><br />We are so grateful to the managers of the Home Show for allowing us this opportunity. Add this to the list of silent investors. :)<br /><br />So, if you live in the OKC area and want to come by our booth, we'd love to see you. We will be getting some free tickets and just like last year, we will be having drawings to give away free ticket to the Home and Garden Show coming January 16-18 to the OK State Fairgrounds. It looks like we'll be in the same spot that we had at the fair. :)</span>Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-91652256446835341192014-11-22T12:51:00.001-08:002014-11-22T12:51:43.056-08:00In the Kitchen...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Busy day in the kitchen. Getting ready for our church Thanksgiving dinner tonight. </span><div>
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<br />I signed up to bring my mom's recipe for sweet potato casserole, Chunky Cranberry Applesauce, Mexican Fruitcake and a green salad with home-grown tomatoes from the greenhouse.<br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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I use three eggs and my recipe does not call for buttermilk, but I found a recipe on Pinterest and decided to post it. My mom made Sweet Potato Casserole every year for special occasions. My husband would not touch a sweet potato until he tried my mom's casserole recipe. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pic of my family is a few years old. Our oldest son was out of the house at the time. The rest of the family could not resist playing in the snow and I couldn't resist taking pictures. Btw, I had to cut this picture in half to make it fit in one of those collage picture frames. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a picture from last year. The snow on our little pine tree looked so pretty. The leaf looks like a heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This picture is from two years ago. These are some pine trees in the front yard. I found a quote by Lady Bird Johnson that expresses how I feel about snow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's a picture out our kitchen window of Garden Anywhere Box in snow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last pictures are of our pond a few winters ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pond was not here when we bought our property. It was a boggy spot where blackberries grew and snakes gathered. Yikes! We decided to see if we could turn it into a pond. There were some willow trees in the middle of the field. I asked if we could turn it into an island...and we could. Yay! So, now we have "Willow Island" ...because I like to name things...lol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />When we dug the pond, we discovered that there was a spot of quicksand over by the woods. That was pretty cool. Our kids had so much fun playing in the red dirt that was excavated to make the pond. We stocked our pond with fish and got to observe the fish building their nests along the bank. Pretty cool for a homeschooling family to get to watch.<br /><br />If you look closely at the top pic, you can see geese on the pond. We have a family of Canada geese that come yearly to have babies on the island. Over the years, the family has grown to include many generations of geese. It's pretty cool. <br /><br />We have had years of fun on our pond. From the year that it froze SOLID and allowed the kids the opportunity to sled across it, to Scout camp outs, fishing and swimming parties, to group gathering for cookouts, to canoe and paddle boat races. We are truly blessed to live here and we know it. You are welcome to come fishing anytime. The catfish are usually biting.<br /><br /></span>Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-31094559397727460762014-11-07T02:11:00.001-08:002014-11-07T02:17:33.605-08:00Taking Pictures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you see my pics, does it help you to see planting and harvesting in a different way? Planting, not just to harvest, but to include color, texture and shape in your decision about what to plant. I hope that when you see my daily pics, it will inspire you to take pictures of your own harvests and share the beauty of nature with others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did not always take pictures of my harvests. For one thing, there was not much to harvest...lol. Another reason was that when I went out into the garden, I was there to work, to weed and hoe. I didn't even really think about taking pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two pictures are examples of harvests before using a basket. The one to the right was from a few years ago It was one day's harvest. The picture above was my first harvest picture from 2013. Five zucchinis. The <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/gardenanywhere/garden-anywhere-box-2013/" target="_blank">basket</a> would follow three days later. </span></div>
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The pictures that you see today, evolved over time. I didn't have a basket. When I actually had something to harvest, I would grab a bowl or pail and head out to the garden to harvest tomatoes. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> first picture, I show the sizes of my baskets. The one on the right is my original basket. It's about 10 inches across. It's holds a good amount of food. I saw the same basket, just a little bigger at Hobby Lobby one day and decided to get it for days that the garden was really producing. It's about 16 inches across. The basket in the middle is one of my regular baskets that I have on top of a bookshelf in my library. This day, I needed the BIG baskets for my harvest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture on the right is of a three day harvest. Lots of work ahead of me in the kitchen! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I decided to look for another basket as a spare, but discovered that Hobby Lobby no longer carries "my" basket.</span></div>
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I like to combine different colors, shapes and varieties, not only to have diversity in my baskets, but to have diversity in my kitchen. This basket combines the beauty of sunflowers with the harvest of zucchini, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers and assorted herbs.<br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you had told me a few years ago, that I could be a successful gardener without working so hard to till the ground and weed my traditional garden, I'm not sure that I would have believed you. A traditional garden was how we did it. I had tried raised beds, but not with much success. I thought that there was no easy way to garden and no easy way to grow my own produce. Garden Anywhere Box has changed my perspective.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden Anywhere Box makes it easier to be a successful gardener. I can attest to that. I WAS that gardener who worked in the garden with little to show for it. I was convinced that I had "brown thumbs" and would kill anything that I tried to grow. After gardening with GAB, I finally consider myself a successful gardener. I love going out to the garden, I Phone in hand, to see who is in the garden and what is ready to harvest. I only use natural light from the sun. No filters or special apps to alter my daily harvest pics. I do sometimes play with my pictures after posting my daily harvest pic, but what you see is what you get on the original.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that if GAB can help me be successful, this method of gardening can help anyone. I'm excited now about gardening. I can't wait to see what is ready to harvest. </span></div>
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-53425985493954793482014-11-06T13:26:00.000-08:002014-11-07T00:37:05.817-08:00How Does Your Garden Grow?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen different methods of gardening...(traditional, raised beds, aquaponics, hydroponics, Mittleider, Back to Eden, lasagne, straw bales...the list goes on . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've even tried several of them. Most of these methods involve tilling and weeding (yuck). Some involve $$$ and time to implement (yikes!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some methods involve an amount of DIY know-how (um...so not me).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not knocking anyone's preferred method of gardening. I'm just saying that it's not me. I don't like to weed and I don't like the heat . That's why I love Garden Anywhere Box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden Anywhere Box is simple. No tilling or weeding (yay!). Not very expensive and lasts for years (double yay!) With Garden Anywhere Box, we've done the work for you (triple yay!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus, our boxes use</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> up to 70% less water than a traditional garden and they are portable. No more spending time and money on a garden that you will have to leave behind if you move. With Garden Anywhere Box, you can take your garden with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garden Anywhere Box is a container garden...on steroids! We modify 18 gallon totes and turn them into gardening machines. Our exclusive (patent pending) watering system allows your garden to be watered for you. No weeding AND Self-watering!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is how we garden. No weeding. Self-watering. Portable. No tilling. No mucking in the mud.<br />You can garden in a box You can garden in your socks. You can garden here or there. You can Garden Anywhere.<br />This garden was planted on June 1, 2014. This picture was taken three weeks later. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because GAB is portable, you can also garden year 'round. When it gets cold bring your garden inside or into a greenhouse. Garden through the winter and move your garden back outside in the spring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't need a lot of tools or space to start gardening in a Garden Anywhere Box. All you need is a GAB kit, potting mix and plants or seeds. That's it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visit our website and order a Garden Anywhere Box today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Garden Anywhere Box makes a great gift. No one will expect this present under the tree. Give the gift that keeps on giving year 'round. Garden Anywhere Box is truly an easier and successful way to garden.</span><br />
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I harvested purple carrots this morning! <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/cosmic-purple-carrot/" target="_blank">Cosmic Purple</a> from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seriously! Color me happy. I discovered an actual carrot had formed and not the just carrot thinnings that I've been doing for a couple of weeks. I could have let it get bigger, but I was too excited.<br /><br />I decided to write a blog post about the color purple in my garden this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Last year, I had shades of mostly yellow, red and green in my basket. This year I added purple.<br /><br />It started with eggplant. I saw some plants at Lowe's. I'd never grown eggplant before, but decided to give it a try.I grew the long slender eggplant and the Black Beauty eggplant. <br /><br />We did a presentation at the Sierra Club of OKC earlier this year. A couple bought some boxes from us because the man wanted to grow eggplant. I never did hear from them again. I hope he was successful. I know I was. Update: January, 2016...They stopped by our booth at the Home Show. They did grow eggplant and loved their GAB garden.<br /><br />What surprised me was how fast the plant grew. About six inches in just three days. Another thing that surprised me was how prolific the plant was. I had so many eggplants this summer that I didn't know what to do. That's when I learned about <a href="http://realfoodtulsa.blogspot.ca/2013/01/eggplant-bacon-revisited.html" target="_blank">"eggplant" bacon. </a> I love the internet. There is a wealth of knowledge at my fingertips. Who ever would have thought of making bacon out of eggplant, but someone did.<br /><br />Here is another <a href="http://vegan2raw.blogspot.com/2012/08/eggplant-bacon.html?m=1" target="_blank">eggplant bacon </a>recipe for comparison. It recommends salting your eggplant strips for a couple of hours to release excess water and then rinsing your eggplant before you marinate. That is what I did and my bacon was crispy</span></div>
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Eggplant bacon was one of my cool discoveries this summer. It is very easy to make. You can marinate it using whatever seasonings you are in the mood for. Spicy or sweet or both. Put it in the dehydrator to dry. When it's finished, it's crispy just like bacon. Make an "ELT" instead of a BLT. Yum! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A fun discovery for me this year has been purple basil. I grew Genovese basil last year and made pesto. <a href="http://aggieskitchen.com/2011/08/09/toasted-walnut-basil-pesto-and-blendtec-giveaway/" target="_blank">Toasted Walnut Basil Pesto</a> to be exact. It was yummy. When I saw a purple basil plant, I wanted to add that to my garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another purple addition has been <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/burgundy-okra/" target="_blank">Burgundy okra.</a> It's not really purple, more of a red-violet. It's made a pretty addition to my basket, too. I have to say, though that I don't know if I'll grow it next year. It has not been as prolific as my green okra. I'll have to think about that and see if I want to give it another try. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently planted </span><a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/red-leaved-hyacinth-bean/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Red Leaved Hyacinth Bean</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, It has lovely little purple flowers and purple seed pods. This is my first time growing this bean. We'll see how it does. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also have to mention <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/cherokee-purple-tomato/" target="_blank">Cherokee Purple </a>, <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/black-cherry-tomato/" target="_blank">Black Cherry</a> and Indigo Rose tomatoes. I had good luck with them this year and look forward to growing more next year. I will also be adding <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/black-krim-tomato/" target="_blank">Black Krim</a> and <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/purple-calabash-tomato/" target="_blank">Purple Calabash</a> to the garden. If you look closely at the picture, you can also see some burgundy okra and a couple of eggplants to add to our purple theme.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I almost forgot to mention </span><a href="http://kohlrabi./" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kohlrabi.</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I only had one plant this year, but it did great. I am definitely going to grow more next year. </span><br />
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-75221091699539392312014-10-17T10:15:00.000-07:002014-10-17T10:17:06.784-07:00Still Learning<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me just say again...I am NOT a Master Gardener. I've tried to garden for years, with limited success. It was not until we started gardening in boxes...specifically Garden Anywhere Box, that I could admit to myself that I might actually be a gardener. That is why I am so passionate about GAB. If I can be a successful gardener, anyone can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That being said, I am still learning. This year we experimented with putting clay pots in our Per-Pet-ual Pet Dish. Just like with the boxes, water would come up from the bottom. Since the dishes are hooked into our watering system, there will always be fresh water going to the pots. But, there would not be plastic on the top like with GABs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This method has worked brilliantly this summer. I've been able to harvest greens for smoothies and grow some of the tinier seeds like carrots, radishes and beets. Don't get me wrong. These seeds will still grow in a GAB, but the clay pots make it easier to broadcast the seeds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was worried about the pots getting the nutrients that they needed. I decided to try adding fish emulsion to my watering can to add to the pots. Big Mistake and a DUH moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Larry went out to check the garden this morning and discovered two of my pots had been dug up. I'd planted a pot with Romaine lettuce and radishes last week. The little leaves were just sprouting. I planted another pot yesterday with some carrot and beet seeds. I could not imagine what happened. I suspected raccoons, but they do not ever bother the boxes. Then I figured it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fish emulsion + CATS= Digging in the Pots. I even found my watering can overturned and drained dry.<br /><br />I replanted this morning and will keep an eye on my plants...and the cats. So, lesson learned. I will still try fish emulsion, but only through the watering tube, so that the cats can't get to it. I'll just have to use something else to fertilize my little pots although, they've been growing just fine on their own. </span><br />
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-75155835084494109192014-10-08T17:14:00.000-07:002014-10-08T17:14:25.832-07:00Vision and Perseverance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7j6MzAI-5TxCBZy1OfK5OPg0Pg0tHX0udIM672cI5kZzSX4c0GeEnv0MsQ7hC8nfMz4eQbc-BxymudrhnZ1h3MahOo83gAE5MA8AaxxTlg1bbW59vMb58MPb6v9IJ0h6a1yyQMUEDBsT/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7j6MzAI-5TxCBZy1OfK5OPg0Pg0tHX0udIM672cI5kZzSX4c0GeEnv0MsQ7hC8nfMz4eQbc-BxymudrhnZ1h3MahOo83gAE5MA8AaxxTlg1bbW59vMb58MPb6v9IJ0h6a1yyQMUEDBsT/s1600/014.JPG" height="320" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you follow my blog and my Facebook page, I hope to share with you our adventures along the way with Garden Anywhere Box.<br /><br />Today we were invited to a luncheon with members of the <a href="http://www.ovf.org/frame-about.html" target="_blank">Oklahoma Venture Forum</a>. For those of you who have been with GAB this year, we were invited to be guests at the OVF meeting at the Governor's mansion in April. We entered a contest for new small businesses. We did not win because our business was "too" small, but we were invited as honorary guests to be recognized. We were very humbled and excited. We got to listen to keynote speaker, Tom Love, owner of Love's Country Stores, see the mansion grounds and meet the governor.<br /><br />Flash forward to today...We again met with member of the OVF for a luncheon at the Oklahoma Boathouse. We were hoping to find investors for our business. Because of Larry's macular degeneration, he has not been able to work at his job in the telecom business. We have relied only on the income from the boxes that we sell in order to live, pay bills and try to buy more supplies for our company. We counted on Larry's job and income from his telecom business to help us get established with GAB. Without that income, we have been thrown into the deep end of the business and are treading water. <br /><br />This is no different than many other small businesses, but we have come to a point where we need help to get to the next step of building our business. We are hoping to find investors who can see our vision for the future of Garden Anywhere Box. We believe it is a bright one, and one that will allow everyone to be a successful gardener and grow at least some of their own food.<br /><br />We met some people today that we hope will be able to help us advance our business. This will include our DIY GAB kit and get us in a position to be able to distribute GAB throughout the country on a larger scale than what we are doing now. <br /><br />One of the speakers at the luncheon was<a href="http://www.ovf.org/frame-newsletter.html" target="_blank"> Michael Knopp</a>. He is the Executive Director of the OKC Devon Boathouse. He shared with us how the boathouse district came to be. It has been ten years in the making and is recognized world-wide as a state of the art facility. Someone asked him how he kept his dream alive during the tough times. He said "Perseverance." I think that is key to any small business with a dream. There will always be set-backs. If you have a dream and a vision, you can overcome the hard times.<br /><br />After the luncheon, he took us on a tour of the <a href="http://boathousedistrict.org/boathouse-district-about/chesapeake-boathouse/" target="_blank">OKC Boathouse District.</a> We got to see the workout room where the rowers train. There is also a room for high altitudes. Mr. Knopp told us about how a couple came to the high altitude room to train for two months before their trip to climb Mt. Kilamanjaro. This room is specially designed to draw oxygen out of the room to simulate a change in altitude. Very cool! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be the future home of the new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mvz2ARKrRY" target="_blank">Whitewater Park</a>. There is also a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMJLB0fDMA" target="_blank">video </a>of what went into designing the park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are some of the boats at the boathouse. There are different colors for different schools. The blue one just happens to represent Oklahoma City University, my alma mater.<br /><br />One of the things that Mr, Knopp mentioned was that<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFGHjBF3iAY&list=PLfBYZMXdP5IzP7uY5LUNXHtYfS8iOo4om" target="_blank"> the boathouse is for all ages </a>and degrees of ability. Eight year old's train in the same area as Olympic-class athletes. There are no barriers. The younger children get to mingle with and learn from their elders. I think that is a great thing.<br /><br />I hope that you've enjoyed this little tour of the Oklahoma Boat District. The area has come a long way from the boggy ditch that it used to be. It took vision and perseverance to turn it into something that the whole community and really the world can enjoy. If you ever make a trip to Oklahoma, take a cruise along the Oklahoma River, check out Bricktown, watch a Thunder basketball game and ,,,visit Garden Anywhere Box. We'd be happy to show you around.<br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The daily harvest pics that I post are to show you that if I can be a successful gardener, you </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gardened for years with very little success. We did a traditional garden, raised beds, lasagne gardening and other assorted methods that people swore by (and I swore at. ;) ). The same thing would happen each year. By July, my garden would die because I did not want to go out in the heat and weed the garden. Plus, I would either over-water or underwater, never seeming to get it just right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know if it was Oklahoma or just my ineptness in the garden, but I could not harvest much at all. People have told me that they could grow anything...until they came to Oklahoma. I don't know about that since I've only ever gardened in Oklahoma. I only know that for me, it was a challenge...until we started gardening in boxes.<br /><br />We tried Earth box and had success for the first time in a really long time. Larry wanted to try to make his own boxes. After working out a few design flaws and trial and error plans from the internet, he fine-tuned his boxes to be done to his satisfaction. I was a happy gardener because I had more boxes to grow veggies. I didn't have to weed the garden because the boxes were weed-free. I also was not over-watering my plants. I would fill up the watering tube daily and when the reservoir was full, water would come out the little drain hole. This truly was an easier and successful way to garden.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu_vZckuv5wsCjX94swU71FrY5rc_x57PbBquRormBDpixicqTKWQFVajDcAVSv15RNlGwfO0p_ZynGJS6l-7s3Yz6vwGtnMHDSTRRRF_yIp1aHkwXcdSqjNzLxm43ErqVDXVS6AAoJsU/s1600/gab+tomatoes+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnu_vZckuv5wsCjX94swU71FrY5rc_x57PbBquRormBDpixicqTKWQFVajDcAVSv15RNlGwfO0p_ZynGJS6l-7s3Yz6vwGtnMHDSTRRRF_yIp1aHkwXcdSqjNzLxm43ErqVDXVS6AAoJsU/s1600/gab+tomatoes+1.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some pictures of our early GAB garden. GAB on the left and Earthbox on the right. Thirty four tomato plants in seventeen boxes. We put the boxes right in our old gardening spot. We also discovered as the tomatoes grew, that we did not space them far enough apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem arose when I was watering 20 boxes by hand. What started out as a few containers for a garden turned into...WORK. I asked Larry if he could come up with an easier way to water. Yes, I'm that lazy...lol.<br /><br />Again, through trial and error and very little plumbing knowledge, Larry came up with a solution. He figured out a way to water all of the boxes at once and Garden Anywhere Box was born.<br /><br />We felt that we had something useful to share. Surely, I could not be the only person who hated weeding a garden in the heat of the summer and who also</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> had two brown thumbs. We thought that other people might be interested in this easier way to garden. We are not the first ones to garden in a box, but no one else has a watering system like Garden Anywhere Box. The "no-weeding" part is the best, but the self-watering aspect of GAB is amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Now, when I go out in the morning (before it gets hot) to (not weed my garden) harvest what's ready, I can say that I really love gardening. I love being successful. I love planting new veggies that I've never tried. I love taking pictures of my harvests. I never did that before when I gardened in the ground. I was too hot from pulling weeds to even think about lingering over my plants to take pictures. Plus, there wasn't much to take a picture of. Garden Anywhere Box has changed all of that.<br /><br />While we were talking about the boxes this summer and brain-storming about how to get the word out about GAB, Larry came up with a slogan,</span><br />
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I had come to accept my brown thumbed-ness in the garden, but now realize and am trying to accept that <b>I AM a successful gardener</b>. No more brown thumbs! <br /><br />Like I said at the beginning of this post, I share my harvest pics to show others that if I can be a successful gardener, you can, too. :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-39800928392707557062014-09-30T19:25:00.001-07:002014-09-30T20:49:19.031-07:00Made in Oklahoma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlZt6pFmlgh_8tjuGxFYcJpKUUPcSPMjb8UQ2tduyAKhJmMdPN7rmVdMMrYeuvLg91vj_9XbjRYpW3CPFzLX89fg-SAcY9k0A5pErK6UzPy8MEmfeEp-CS5Oo7wkQTY802hyphenhyphenYPAPjPw-i/s1600/MIObooth@300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlZt6pFmlgh_8tjuGxFYcJpKUUPcSPMjb8UQ2tduyAKhJmMdPN7rmVdMMrYeuvLg91vj_9XbjRYpW3CPFzLX89fg-SAcY9k0A5pErK6UzPy8MEmfeEp-CS5Oo7wkQTY802hyphenhyphenYPAPjPw-i/s1600/MIObooth@300.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Larry and Lane's turn to man our booth at the state fair. While they were there, a woman from the<a href="http://www.oda.state.ok.us/" target="_blank"> Department of Agriculture </a>who was working the <a href="http://miocoalition.com/" target="_blank">MIO (Made in Oklahoma)</a> booth stopped by. She had heard from the Valley View Pecan Co. people to check out our "MIO" product.<br /><br />She said that she liked our product and invited us to have a booth at the Department of Agriculture farmers market. It is held each Tuesday in the DOA parking lot from noon to 5:00.<br /><br />By the way, I loved the MIO booth at the fair. There are some really great products that are exclusive to Oklahoma. Plus, I love how the booth was decorated. I love the old plaid thermos bottles, picnic baskets and wooden ice cream makers. It brings back good memories from my childhood.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we were leaving the building, Micah showed us his garden in front of the DOA building. There were impressive stands of okra, a thick row of kale, tomatoes, corn and sweet potatoes. He was even growing cotton. I couldn't help but think of the lady that bought boxes from us at the fair who wanted to grow cotton in a GAB.<br /><br />We hope that through the contacts that we made today, we will some day be able to share Garden Anywhere Box with students and teachers and show them a different way to garden. We still have a dream of our Garden Anywhere Bus and traveling around to schools with our portable garden. Garden Anywhere Box-No Weeding. Self-watering. Portable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We plan to be at the DOA farmers market next Tuesday. Stop by and say hi. </span>Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-46767277054465035062014-09-20T07:22:00.000-07:002014-09-20T07:22:49.792-07:00Health Benefits of Okra...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sZ2N6_VMTzgMl_XDxEa5qUwIQsfK1mIWMyi-ksFyfQbNcA8FLWwInpZWNloGDjQ6wEuoHnpkOeQ4BfCRBAhqHuifMjuS4kjf224p4akapYWtN7UIPCxf9LLAGOYgU1EaGPuhsoHdYjd9/s1600/029-200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sZ2N6_VMTzgMl_XDxEa5qUwIQsfK1mIWMyi-ksFyfQbNcA8FLWwInpZWNloGDjQ6wEuoHnpkOeQ4BfCRBAhqHuifMjuS4kjf224p4akapYWtN7UIPCxf9LLAGOYgU1EaGPuhsoHdYjd9/s1600/029-200.jpg" height="320" width="238" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to share with you the health benefits of okra. Last year I learned that <a href="http://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/Okra_Leaves_8953.php" target="_blank">okra leaves are edible</a>. You can cook with them just like other "greens" or add them to smoothies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your BEST method is to use fresh Okra. Frozen Okra is nearly as good and much more convenient. Fr</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">esh (or even frozen & thawed) Okra gives you ALL the benefits of the vegetable. <a href="http://maxloh-something2share.blogspot.com/2008/12/okra-good-for-diabetic-treatment-sugar.html" target="_blank">Water soaking</a> it isn't very effective and takes much longer for the benefits. There simply isn't enough of the Okra in the water to do much good. It will work but takes a rather long time. It's just not very efficient.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't let your fear of okra stop you from trying it raw in a smoothie. You can't taste it. It's not slimy or fried AND you get all of the health benefits. </span><br />
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-63973194813222563972014-09-13T06:03:00.001-07:002014-09-13T07:17:59.510-07:00Famous Faces at the Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You never know who you will meet at the fair...<br /><br />It was so nice that Santa was able to stop by our booth this year. He is getting ready for his busy season. He does not have time to be hoe, hoe, hoeing his garden. Not a problem with Garden Anywhere Box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Fallin, the governor of Oklahoma was in our building, saying hello and taking pictures. Larry invited her to come over to our booth. We met Governor Fallin earlier this year at a luncheon at the Governors Mansion. Brent, a friend, suggested that we submit an application to be considered for the <a href="http://ovf.org/frame-about.html" target="_blank">O</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ovf.org/frame-about.html" target="_blank">klahoma</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ovf.org/frame-about.html" target="_blank"> Venture Forum </a>award. We did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got a call from someone on the committee letting us know that we didn't win...our company was a <span style="font-size: x-small;">really small </span>business and just beginning...but, they did like our product. The fact that they even called us to let us know that we didn't win was a big deal. They poured over hundreds of applications, weeded out most, but kept coming back to ours.<br /><br />We did not win, but we were invited to the luncheon. We were the only business invited to the luncheon that did not win. (Excited and humbled)<br /><br />We met Governor Fallin, got to listen to and learn from Tom Love, billionaire and owner of the chain of Love's Country Stores and we were recognized </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for our budding new business</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in a room full of doctors, lawyers, scientists and other people outstanding in their fields . It was a good day.<br /><br />As if meeting Santa and the governor were not enough, Larry also caught up with Derrick, the mascot of the OKC Barons hockey team. </span><br />
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-90208822249590401512014-09-13T04:56:00.000-07:002014-09-13T04:56:40.536-07:00The Fair and Catching Up with Friends<div class="MsoNormal">
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year, because Garden Anywhere Box is portable, we took a 5 foot jalapeno pepper
plant off of our back deck to the fair. It sat in the corner with a light
shining on it to show off. People would look at it and not believe
that it was real. It started out as a six-pack of peppers and grew into a
bush. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We also met Jacob. He was in charge of our building. He would see to everyone's
needs. At the end of the fair, we asked Jacob if he would like to have the
pepper plant. He said yes.<br />
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We were setting up our booth for the fair on Wednesday and Jacob came up to us.
(He is back for another fair). He told us that he still has the pepper plant.
He brought it in over the winter. One of the pepper plants died, but the rest
are going strong. He planted a tomato in the place of the pepper. He said that
the tomato did great and had a slight hotness to it. I WANT
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been fun to catch up with friends/customers from last year’s fair. We heard
about their GAB experiences this past summer. Most experiences were good, but
some had issues with Mother Nature...and other things. <br /><br />We heard about harvesting LOTS of tomatoes and peppers. We heard about squash bugs and vine borers. One tomato plant got <a href="http://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-blight-early.html" target="_blank">blight</a>.One box had an unfortunate weed-eater encounter. Another story was about over-planting the box. That is tempting and easy to do. When you get your GAB, with the hope of having success, it is tempting to want to "plant everything" in one box, but don't. Less is more when it comes to GAB. The less you overload the box, the more room the plants will have to grow. The solution to the problem is...get more boxes.</span></div>
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an easier way to garden, but there may be a learning curve. Every year you will learn a bit more than the year
before. GAB works! We know it. Once you realize that you can be a successful gardener and can no longer claim “brown
thumb” status, it is up to you to become the best gardener that you can be. <br />
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There are not many rules about gardening, but there are a few. I wrote a <a href="http://over-in-the-garden.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-rules-of-gardeningin-gab.html" target="_blank">blog post </a>about this earlier. <br />
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Learn about gardening. Read books. Educate yourself. Learn what to plant when for your zone and for the season.
Learn about companion planting. GAB is the means to becoming a successful
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-31380133974705755262014-09-08T07:38:00.000-07:002014-09-08T07:38:13.202-07:00Green Smoothies and Wild Edibles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4rz1ejMYWw-mWQ54qKA9EF8QvtOi-ZAB6bDyEJNlMUhPslObP2SVQm-OQgtc99Gj35sYmcZZVaslZgIhFGTJrqnSp7Kf6qqu9ywFAgv7lP0N-XQV-xCCsNygzFyCn6LKyTyW6k-2dmkR/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4rz1ejMYWw-mWQ54qKA9EF8QvtOi-ZAB6bDyEJNlMUhPslObP2SVQm-OQgtc99Gj35sYmcZZVaslZgIhFGTJrqnSp7Kf6qqu9ywFAgv7lP0N-XQV-xCCsNygzFyCn6LKyTyW6k-2dmkR/s1600/001.JPG" height="320" width="239" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost every morning I make green smoothies for breakfast. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pink color in the smoothie is from frozen beet cubes. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like to juice some veggies, preserve the juice in ice cube trays and add Juice cubes to my smoothies. Last year, I froze </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cucumbers, beets and carrots. I still have a few small freezer bags left to enjoy.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />I usually add a handful of spinach, Romaine, kale or whatever greens I happen to have. I also add a couple of scoops of </span><a href="http://bokulovelife.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Boku Super Food</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I really like Boku. I've used it off and on for years. It's full of green goodness. Another good thing to add to smoothies is wild edibles. These are "weeds" from your yard that are free for the picking. They contain valuable minerals and nutrients that your body needs.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was out foraging for wild edibles this morning to add to our green smoothies. If you don't know the difference between a good weed and a bad weed, here is <a href="http://www.oklahomawildcrafting.com/" target="_blank">website </a>with pictures and descriptions. Granted, it's for Oklahoma, but you will probably find some familiar weeds to your area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've never tried a green smoothie, you really should. It does not taste as bad as it sounds. I think it tastes pretty good. It might be an acquired taste, but your body will benefit from the added greens. I add frozen fruit to mine and make my own <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wp-c4I9ljg" target="_blank">almond milk</a>. I also add <a href="http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_cream_concentrate.htm" target="_blank">coconut cream concentrate.</a> A green smoothie a day is an easy way to add greens to your diet.<br /><br />I learned about green smoothies 8 years ago after reading a book called, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Family-True-Story-Awakening/dp/0970481950/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410185140&sr=1-10&keywords=victoria+boutenko" target="_blank">"Raw Family"</a> by the Boutenko family. It opened my eyes to a new way of looking at food. While I do not embrace a totally raw diet, I believe that raw food should have a high priority in our daily diet.<br /><br />That is one reason why I am so passionate about Garden Anywhere Box. This way of gardening allows you to grow at least some of your own food. You can provide your own greens for green smoothies and the vegetables that your family needs to stay healthy. GAB gives you freedom. Freedom from weeds and freedom to garden without tilling the ground. With our exclusive watering system, GAB also gives you freedom of a self-watering garden. You don't over-water or under-water. GAB also uses about 70% less water than a traditional garden. If you don't have a yard, if you have poor soil, if you have limited time or energy, you can still have a garden with Garden Anywhere Box. </span><br />
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Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-18831347757148120172014-09-06T11:56:00.002-07:002014-09-06T11:56:31.031-07:00Tomato Paste...A recipe and review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I posted a <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-tomato-paste-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-206853" target="_blank">recipe for Tomato Paste</a> last night on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GardenAnywhereBox" target="_blank">GAB FB page</a>. I made tomato paste this </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">morning. I am returning to report. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did not cut and chop my tomatoes. I did not use Roma tomatoes. I did not use sea salt or citric acid. I used the tomatoes that I had on hand from the garden. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The way I fix my tomatoes is by cutting off the tops </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and putting the tomatoes cut side down in a jelly roll pan. I load up the pan. I usually just use my big tomatoes, but since I've had so many cherry tomatoes, I add some of those to the top. I might add a cut onion, bell pepper, herbs or figs or whatever strikes my fancy. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I pour a little olive oil over the top. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees and slide in the full jellyroll pan of tomatoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've learned that it can be helpful to have another jellyroll pan on the oven shelf below to catch any tomato liquid that might boil over.<br /><br />Roast the tomatoes for about 20-30 minutes until they "smell" done and the tops are slightly blackened.<br /><br />Take out and let cool. Blend all in a blender, juice and all.<br /><br />Now you can chose what to do with your tomato sauce. I used this batch to make tomato paste.<br /><br />After I blended it, peels, seeds and all, I poured it back into the jellyroll pan and put it into the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. That is all it took to reduce and start smelling done. Watch your tomatoes and make sure that they don't overcook.<br /><br />Scrape the tomato paste away from the sides and store it. You may choose to can it, refrigerate it or freeze it for later. </span><br />
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<br />Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437842093159408040.post-50014487429467645142014-09-05T19:30:00.000-07:002014-09-05T19:30:41.251-07:00Starting a Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something has been weighing on my mind. I wanted to put some thoughts down about how Garden Anywhere Box came to be and our ups and downs along the way. <br /><br />We didn't plan to start a business. It just happened. One thing led to another and here we are.<br /><br />It all started because I got tired of all the weeding and heat associated with a summer garden. I had heard about Earthbox and decided to give that a try. We had success our first year. Yay! Larry decided to try to build his own boxes. He found plans on the internet, modified them a bit each year for three years, until he felt that the design was just right and would hold up to years of gardening.<br /><br />The problem was that I was watering over 20 boxes by hand each day. Larry was working in Chicago doing telecom work. I was watering the garden...<br /><br />I asked him if there was an easier way to do this besides dragging the hose around to all of the boxes every day in the heat of the summer. He thought about it and decided to see what he could come up with. He tried various ideas with little to no success. One day he hit upon an idea. Now he just had to figure out how to do it. Through trial and error he came up with what we now call Garden Anywhere Box with its exclusive watering system. Our watering system is what makes us different than any other container garden out there. This is when we decided to make this a business. We felt that if we liked to garden this way, others might, too.<br /><br /><b>Starting a Business</b><br /><br />We launched our business at the Home and Garden Show in January, 2012. We didn't even </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have a product to sell. We reserved a booth, made some fliers and handed them out like crazy. We did have a prototype that we demonstrated, but that was it. We didn't come to sell. We didn't even know if there would be any interest. We discovered that there was some interest...enough to pursue this as a business.<br /><br />The problem arose when we could not get the parts that we needed to make our boxes. We had several companies that we were buying from. We could not always get our parts in a timely manner. We dared not advertise for fear that we could not fill orders.<br /><br />Larry was in Midland at the time...doing telecom. He talked to a nursery owner about carrying Garden Anywhere Box at her store. She was hesitant, but when she sold a set while Larry was standing there explaining how they worked, she decided to give it a try. She order three 3 Box Systems. They sold. She ordered three more. They sold. She ordered 100. OMGoodness! <br /><br />Larry went to the local hardware store to order some parts that he would need for the boxes. We had parts at home in Oklahoma, but he was trying to build boxes in Midland, TX with only a few supplies there.<br /><br />He ordered the parts he was missing. He needed 200 of a certain part to do the boxes. He went to the store a few days later to get his order and they had eight parts. EIGHT! He stressed that he really needed 200. He bought what they had and went back a few days later. Eight more parts...Seriously! Again, he stressed that he was trying to start a business and needed 200 of the certain part. He went back a few days later and there were 12 parts. No kidding. He realized that he could not deliver what was ordered. He did continue to make GABs for individuals. There are a few GABs sprinkled around Midland to this day, but he's <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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not been back to the nursery.<br /><br />That was the first year. Lots of frustration getting the parts that we needed. We could not understand why companies would/could not work with us. We were paying them MONEY. That seemed like a good deal. We pay you money. You get us the parts we need. We make money selling our boxes and you make money selling us the parts. Makes sense, right?<br /><br />It did not seem to work that way. We spent the first year of business making and selling a few boxes along the way as we could get parts. In the meantime, we talked with the manager at our neighborhood True Value hardware store. He was more than happy to work with us. (Hallelujah!) The only thing he could not get was the boxes. We still had to go to a larger hardware store for that.<br /><br />Again, we paid money to have a big order of boxes delivered to the store. It was supposed to come in two weeks. We were told that if we paid in advance, our order would come directly to the store. It did not come in two weeks. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We waited and waited for our order. We finally got about 1/3 of our order and learned that the rest of OUR order had been drop-shipped to other stores in the chain along the way. Seriously? So, we waited. What else could we do? We did finally get our whole order, but discovered that we would need to order a few boxes at a time, all the time, to ensure that we would have boxes.<br /><br /><b>The Cruel Truth</b><br />As with any business, the first year was one of learning. Boy, did we learn and we're still learning.<br /><br />The next year, 2013, we went to the Home and Garden Show in January with product, prepared to sell, and we did. We did the second home show in March and sold boxes there, <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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too. We decided to get a booth at the fair. That was fun. We were interviewed by a local television station and won "Most Unique Product" at the fair. Things were looking up.<br /><br />But, then...in January of this year, Larry started losing his eyesight to macular degeneration. His job in the telecommunications business had to come to a halt. He could no longer see to drive or see the normal print on the computer to do his job. We went from testing the waters of a small business and having that extra cushion of income to grow our business to being cast into the deep end treading water with only the income from selling boxes to sustain us and buy more supplies.<br /><br />It has been a scary time for us at Garden Anywhere Box. We believe in our product. We know that it works. We know that people can be successful gardeners with GAB. We just need to get the word out and encourage people to help support this small business. You will get a great product and we will be able to support our family.<br /><br />So, there you have it. This is our story so far. We are trying to figure out how to grow our business and buy supplies with very little income right now. I'm sure this is no different than other small businesses, but it's new to us. We believe that there are big things in store for Garden Anywhere Box. We continue to look for investors who can see our vision. We hope that through our trials, we will learn more and be able to overcome the obstacles in our path. Thank you for being a part of the Garden Anywhere Box family. We appreciate you all. Stay tuned for great things ahead.<br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> If you have had trouble gardening in the past, this is also your first step to becoming a successful gardener. You will not be able to claim brown thumbs for very much longer.<br /><br />First, you should read the instructions that come with your GAB.<br /><br />Next, get your 2 cubic feet of <b>potting mix</b> to fill your box. Potting soil will not do. Be sure and get potting mix.<br /><br />Be sure and pack the potting mix into the wicking chambers. Add a bit of water to wet and then continue to fill the box. Water every couple of inches until you reach about two inches from the top. Add dolomite and fill the GAB the rest of the way. Add the strip of fertilizer, the plastic and the ring to hold it in place and you are ready to plant.<br /><br />Once you are ready to plant, it is up to you and the season to determine what you want to plant. We have a <a href="http://gardenanywherebox.com/planter-guide/" target="_blank">suggested planting guide</a> on our website. These are just suggestions. Feel free to experiment with your GAB. It is tempting to over-plant your box. We have done that. Sometimes it works great and other times, it's too much. We have found that two tomato plants to a box is plenty plus an herb or two in the front of the box. You could also plant a tomato, pepper, cilantro and a few onions for a salsa garden. We recommend getting our 3 box Starter Kit which comes with three boxes and our exclusive watering system. Once you realize that you can be a successful gardener, one box is never enough. :)<br /><br />Seeds or plants work just fine, but some small seeds like tomatoes, should be started indoors to allow them to get a bit bigger and hardier before putting them outside to grow.<br /><br />When buying plants...or seeds...look for the best quality. Your GAB is designed to work. You should be successful, but part of that depends on the quality of your seeds or plants. We've had great luck with Bonnie plants and <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/" target="_blank">Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once your box is planted, be sure to water from the top for a few days to allow time for the water to wick up from below. It should not take long, but to be on the safe side, check your plants from the top. When you see that they are getting water, you should be fine. Just remember to check the water level by filling the white watering tube. When the reservoir is full, water will come out the drain hole on the side.<br /><br />If the weather is cool, your plants won't need as much water. You should only have to water every few days. If it is hot and you have big, thirsty plants, you will need to check your boxes daily. If, however, you have our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TsHj353w_U" target="_blank">GAB watering system</a>, you won't have to worry about watering again. :)<br /><br />One of the great things about Garden Anywhere Box, besides the "no weeding" part, is water conservation. GAB uses up to 70% less water than a traditional garden. The plastic not only keeps the weeds out, it keeps the moisture in. The plants take just the amount of water that they need through their roots. No more over-watering from the top. No more watering the weeds because there aren't any. GAB is perfect for places who are suffering from drought conditions, but it's just a good idea to conserve water anyway. Why water what you don't want watered?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like I said, getting a Garden Anywhere Box is the first step to becoming a successful gardener. The next step is to educate yourself. Read my blog post about <a href="http://over-in-the-garden.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-rules-of-gardeningin-gab.html" target="_blank">Garden Anywhere Box Rules. </a>There are not many rules, but there are a few. Read books about gardening. Learn about companion planting. Learn about when to plant what. Learn about bees and how to attract them to your garden. If you do not see bees, your plants will not be pollinated. Learn about <a href="http://davesbees.com/masonbees.html" target="_blank">Mason</a> bees and how to attract them to your garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learn about pest control. Yes, there will always be bugs in the garden, but you can learn what to plant together or what sprays work to deter the bugs. Pour over seed catalogs in the winter and dream about spring. Read my blog posts and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GardenAnywhereBox" target="_blank">follow GAB on FB</a> to get the latest recipes, gardening tips and <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/gardenanywhere/garden-anywhere-box-2014/" target="_blank">harvest pics. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you have a greenhouse or a place indoors with warmth and light, you can garden year round. Because the boxes are portable, you can bring your garden inside for the winter and keep gardening. I believe that you should consider buying or making a greenhouse. Even a small greenhouse will be able to fit three </span>GAB's<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and allow you to garden year round. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first greenhouse got blown away in a tornado. We built a hoop house, but it was no match for the Oklahoma winds. Again, we built another hoop house on the existing floor, but...WIND. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are going to try again this fall. Something different. Stay tuned for pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Above and to the left is a picture of our first greenhouse. I loved it. There was a place for everything. The next picture is a part of our greenhouse after the 2010 tornado. Part of it ended up in the front yard and one piece javelined into the side of our house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The picture to the right is our (third attempt) little hoop house. We want to build something a bit sturdier and attach it to the house. We hope that this will give it protection from the wind. If at first you don't succeed...or live in Oklahoma...try, try again. <br /></span><br />
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This is our current greenhouse. It is attached to the house. This helps to shield it from the strong Oklahoma wind. Larry built it out of pvc pipe and plastic. It's not fancy, but it's functional.<br />
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After several attempts at having a greenhouse, my advice is to build one that attaches to your home. I love being able to walk right out my laundry room door and into my greenhouse in the middle of winter. <br />
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I would also advise not to build a huge greenhouse that you will have trouble heating. We heat our greenhouse with a gas heater. Before we had that, we used a propane heater. In my opinion, unless you are trying to grow tomatoes and peppers all year round, you do not need to keep your greenhouse hot. You will need to keep it above freezing, but most of the cool weather crops like it cold.<br />
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I discovered a device called a Thermo Cube on Amazon. This is an outlet that plugs into your electrical socket. You plug your heater into the Thermo Cube and it regulates the temperature. It allows your heater to come on when the temperature reaches 35 degrees and shuts off automatically when the temperature reaches 45 degrees. This keeps things from freezing, but does not use heat unnecessarily.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, this is my basic advice for successful gardening in a GAB. If you have any questions or something is just not thriving, don't hesitate to contact me either by phone, email or FB. We are a family-owned and operated company. We care about your success. If there is a problem, we want to know so that, together, we can fix it. Garden Anywhere Box is committed to helping you discover an easier...and successful way to garden. </span>Garden Anywhere Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296840302703294578noreply@blogger.com0