Is It Too Late to Garden?

Lately, people have been asking us, "Is it too late to garden?" Our answer is, "No, not in a Garden Anywhere Box."  The picture above is of our pool deck garden. We planted on June 1, 2014 and this is the growth in just three weeks. We harvested until the freeze in November and after. Because GAB is portable, we moved some of our plants inside our greenhouse and continued to garden all winter. You can garden year 'round bringing your plants inside when the weather turns cold. 



You have to look at gardening in a GAB differently than gardening in the ground. Each box is a mini-garden without the tilling or weeding. GAB does not depend on whether the ground is frozen. It does not depend on too much or too little rain.

Because Garden Anywhere Box is portable, you can bring your garden inside in the winter or if there is a threat of bad weather. If you have a greenhouse or a warm, sunny spot in your home, you can garden year 'round. If you do not have a greenhouse, a sunny spot or do not want to bring in your GABs, you can at least garden three seasons.

You can start your garden in the winter inside by planting seeds. We have shelves and florescent lighting in our laundry room that act as our inside greenhouse. This is a really fun way to "garden" in the winter when it's too cold outside. We choose the plants that we want to grow... and there are many.

Get the potting mix that is made for starting seeds and get to work. We grow heirloom seeds, mostly from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. We've had good luck with germination and harvest from Baker Creek. There are other heirloom seed companies, though, so look around.

So...start your seeds indoors in January or February. Redress your boxes on a nice day. Pull up the dead plants. Remove the plastic and scrape off the fertilizer.  Add 2 cups of dolomite to the potting mix. Add a bit more potting mix to replace what came up with the roots. Make a crown with the potting mix like you did when first planting your boxes. Add the 1 cup strip of fertilizer down the middle and add new plastic. Secure the lid and screws and you are ready to garden.

Depending on the weather, you can start planting some cool weather crops like broccoli, cabbage, kale, chard, lettuce, carrots, onions, peas, radishes,spinach and beets. If the weather takes an unexpected turn, you can cover your boxes with a "trash bag" green house.  Put some dowel rods in the corners of the box to make a little tent and keep the plastic off of the plants. If it gets really cold and you've already planted, you can bring your garden inside overnight to protect it from a freeze. 

April, 2014  This is a cabbage that my cousins,
Lynda and Jerry grew. 

For a summer garden, you might need to redress your box depending on what you grew in the spring and how heavy a feeder it was. Redressing is easy and you should have the hang of it by now. (Dolomite, fertilizer, plastic)

Time for a summer garden and all of the yummy veggies that summer brings. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, okra, etc.

Watch your plants for bugs. The spring does not have many bugs except for cabbage worms, possibly, but summer brings a host of bugs to the garden. 

You can use a mix of 1 t. olive oil, 1 t Dawn dish soap to a quart spray bottle of water to kill squash bugs. About 10 drops of lemon oil added to that will kill aphids.  If you see grasshoppers, shew them away. If it gets really bad, try covering your plants with netting to protect them. If you see a big, fat green worm on your tomatoes, pick it off. It is a tomato horn worm. If you are diligent and check your plants, hopefully, you can keep most bugs at bay. 

July 2, 2014

Trim off dead and yellowing leaves. That opens your plants up to more light and lets the younger leaves take over. If you have plants that do die, don't despair. It happens in the best of gardens. Just pull up the offending plants and replant. Don't waste the space with plants that are not producing. This is true for plants that are not dead, but are not producing like you would like. GAB real estate is too valuable to waste.

After your summer bounty, it's time to plant your garden for fall. Pumpkins, winter squash, cabbage, chard and other crops that you might have grown in the spring would be appropriate. You will need to redress your box in order to feed your hungry plants for the fall. The good news is cooler temps and fewer bugs. 

March 5, 2015

See how easy it can be to garden in a GAB. No weeding. Self-watering. Portable. You get the unique Garden Anywhere Box watering system and three boxes for $199. That is a great deal. We are using the same boxes that we started with eight years ago. The boxes that we sell are a better quality that what we actually use. If you divide the cost of a Starter Kit plus potting mix by eight years, that comes out to about $30 a year for a garden that you don't have to weed and is self-watering.

To  be able to grow your own (organic) produce year 'round and to know what, if any, pesticides are on or in your food...priceless. Three GABs will give you plenty of room to grow. You can make your garden as big as you want by adding a box and a tube. 






Garden  Anywhere Box makes a perfect "Anytime" gift. Christmas, Birthdays, Weddings, Mother's Day.  
Garden Anywhere Box...turning brown thumbs green.