I have put so much on here tonight that it goes into another page.  Keep going until the date changes.  Have fun.  

OK, here is an experiment.  I found these big tree pots at the tractor show for $5. ea.  I couldn't resist.  I am trying them for a take off on a raised bed.  So far so good, but we'll see later on.

These are cucumbers.  I am going to put some chicken wire in the middle in a cylinder shape for them to climb on.  I'm hoping to grow as much as I can in as little space as possible.  

Here is another experiment.  

In this one I have cantelope and one watermelon.  I know, I know, where are they going to grow?  

Well, I've read that they can fall over the edge, down onto the ground with a tarp under them and do great.  So, we'll see.  The tarp is to keep away the bugs and to make them easy to move if they get too wild.  

I just took one picture, but there are two of these guys just hanging around on the swingset.  18 strawberry plants in all, and although they don't produce fast, they do produce.  

As long as you only need one or two berries for the shortcake you are good for one shortcake every day or two.  :)

The squash are also doing very well.  In the lower left corner is the only zucchini plant I put in.   It's a little smaller since it got a late start.  

The cucumbers are in the back.  There are two double rows that will climb a wire fence as they get taller.  In front are the green bush beans.

This box has the sugar snap peas in the back, peppers and lettuce mixed in closer and the bare spot is lettuce that I just threw the seeds out.  When they get a little bigger I will re-place them.  The two lettuce plants in front here were started in the house.