Elizabeth November 19th, 2007

I used a bunch of Styrofoam fruit boxes to help me move from Queensland a few months ago. They’re really light, cushion the contents well and seem to be very strong. I totally recommend them for moving.

… well, except that at the other end they’re sort of a pain in the ass. You can’t fold them down, and they’re not recyclable (at least, not in my area). I ended up placing an online ad to get rid of all my boxes, and the people who came to pick them up were really excited about the Styrofoam ones because they could use them to transplant their vegetable garden to their next house.

So that got me thinking, and I put the remaining few boxes to good use. Our garden is all landscaped and covered in bark, so there wasn’t a logical place for a vegetable garden anyway. And besides, we couldn’t get too carried away because we’re renting and the landscaping appears to be very new. Starting a veggie garden in a fruit box turned out to be a great solution.

Unfortunately, it was also an ugly solution. I got around this by building a wall around them with leftover bricks that had been stored in the shed. It’s not the most beautiful garden in the world, but I’m still pretty happy with it.

And it seems to be doing the job, since I noticed a few little tomatoes this morning! They have a long way to go yet, but it’s a good sign. Tim’s jalapeños have started flowering too.

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