Friday, September 2, 2011

Posts from our Facebook fans


When we asked Sunset readers to post photos of their veggie patches, we saw dozens of great ideas, from easy-on-the-knees gardens in raised watering troughs to beds framed with cast-off skis and doors. These three designs won a set of Smith & Hawken tools.


-KEVIN AND DONNA YOUNG, NAPAWe built a chicken coop with a garden roof and planted herbs, peas, strawberries, flowers, and onions.Deer-proof, rabbit-proof, mole- and vole-proof, our raised tomato bed uses barrel staves and hoops.-MARGY LUTZ, POWELL RIVER, B.C.My garden is four raised beds on a cedar tog float. I live in a floating cabin and don't have land on shore. In my compact kitchen garden, I grow lettuce, chard, strawberries, asparagus, carrots, beets, onions, and herbs.

-KEVIN AND DONNA YOUNG, NAPA




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