The Fair and Catching Up with Friends

Last 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. 

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.

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 PICTURES!!! 

It has 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.

We heard about harvesting LOTS of tomatoes and peppers. We heard about squash bugs and vine borers. One tomato plant got blight.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.

Garden Anywhere Box IS 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.

There are not many rules about gardening, but there are a few. I wrote a blog post about this earlier.

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 gardener, but the journey does not end there. It is only the beginning.