Ben loves gardening, but being 8 he needs help with it. Im 38w pregnant and huge and tired and just dont have the energy this year to dig him out a spot in the yard that would work for his garden. So, I got the bright idea that we would use a deck planter like we did in years past, but I wanted something bigger (a single tomato plant isnt going to cut it this year). I couldnt find a deck planter that was deep enough, and even the ones long enough were expensive (the big wooden ones). Passing by the big storage bins I got the bright idea to use one of those! The bin was only $10!

So, we took it home and drilled holes in the bottom for drainage. This morning I took Ben to the little farmers market and we bought topsoil and manure to mix together, 2 tomato plants, 2 green pepper plants, and 1 pea plant (he picked his plants). He carried the soil himself to fill it, mixed up the soils, planted his plants, and watered them.

The total cost was about 20$