The Old Half Barrel Garden

 Good morning,

We have an old half barrel on our patio that we have had for more than ten years.  Yes, it's on its way to fall apart, but, until it does, we'll continue to use it.  It sits on a cut out area of the patio that, forty four years ago, was left without concrete because there was a tree there.  The tree is long gone, but the spot is perfect for the barrel where excess water can drain into soil.

The half barrel is between the smoker and other patio plants so it was tricky to get a picture of it.

I use the barrel for a variety of plants.  Many of the plants come back year to year, especially the mint.  At one time I had beautiful lavender in this barrel, but one winter it got so cold that it didn't survive.  

This year I planted tomato seeds that I had saved from last year.  The tomato plants are strong and growing quickly so yesterday we stopped at Ace Hardware and bought a tomato cage that is just perfect to hold up the plants with (hopefully) clusters of beautiful tomatoes.

 So, perhaps sometime in this month of August I can show you some tomatoes on these vines.  :)

What are you growing this year?

Happy Summer!

Lois