Interactive {Trevor's comment}

Trevor says:

I love this site--can you help me with some basic info. Everything you have shown so far is extremely basic and makes perfect sense. Where do you find a good bag or bucket?

Thanks Trevor! I'm so glad our ramblings make perfect sense and that the info is extremely basic. I like basic things - no point in making something more confusing that it needs to be, right? Your question about finding a good bag or bucket is a great one.

I feel like we are maybe a little biased in that department. The "bucket-garden" system that we are using mimics the one used by Ted Hallett. We have all been buying our supplies from him because he is the garden master who has taught us the little bit we know. The bags he uses are specially made in Australia or somewhere like that... They are not any normal plastic bag as they are designed to last 15+ years and grow lots of yummy produce... If you would like to purchase supplies from him you can visit his online store by clicking here.

I'm not sure why we are calling it a bucket garden because none of us are growing anything from a bucket - the bucket just comes in handy during the garden installation. Quick tutorial: the planting bag is placed around a bucket that has the bottom cut out of it so it is open on both ends - the open bucket with the bag around it is placed in its place on the garden plot and then filled with sand - once it reached the appropriate level the open bucket is pulled out of the bag leaving the sand inside the bag. That is all the bucket is used for - to help keep the bag in place while it is filled with sand...

I suspect that there are other bag/bucket options out there - but I'm going to direct you to my dear friend Mr. Google for researching that department. Or maybe there is another reader out there that has more experience than we do with other bag/bucket gardening systems who'd be willing to share some BASIC info???