Up to the brim in galvanized pot

 Here’s a recently taken photo the galvanized tub with all its edible edible plants and herbs:

My first galvanized pot holds: 3yr old Swiss chard, lovage, epazote, jellybean flower monkey, lavender, onions, ghost pepper, white flower borage, asparagus, nasturtium, and strawberries 

Purple basil, green basil, winter savory, sorrel, coyote mint, wooly mint, strawberries and parsley are all thriving together in this small space.

I have a white flower borage blooming beautiful in full sun.

Baja in full bloom

 In addition to having edible native in our tiny container garden in Los Angeles- we decided to give native birds and insects a natural habitat slope.  We found ceanothus, toyon, coffeeberry, and other chaparral shrubs and plants. 

Here’s a quick photo drop:

Galvanized Pot update

 Can’t believe I stopped blogging for a couple of years- just felt like it was one growing season! 

I had my double pot method with worms and food scraps in the bottom pot and a plant on top of it. Everything is growing well and I do find worms throughout the galvanized soil container.  I decided this year to plant more native edible plants. So I’ve added coyote mint, hummingbird sage, woolly mint, borage, berries, and Salvia blanca.

When it rains, any extra water flows out so I don’t need to worry about my plants drowning (lol).

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