How sharp are your eyes?
Using the letters provided, can you fill in the missing letters in the words taken from the shopping list below (from the "The Easy-care Bag Garden" article in the May 2010 Newsletter).
Easy-care Bag Garden Shopping List
- Eleven 40-pounds bags of organic topsoil or tree & shrub planting mix
- One 2-pound box of organic vegetable fertilizer
- Two 6-foot long wood or metal posts (for the pea trellis)
- Cotton string or jute or hemp twine or polyester garden netting
- Two 5-foot tall tomato cages
- A stationary composter or plastic or wire fencing pen
- Tools: Some you may be able to borrow from a friend or family member or neighbor (remember good gardening etiquette – if you break or wreck it – you will be buying a new one to replace it). Wheelbarrow, cart or wagon, shovel, digging fork, sledgehammer or hammer, utility knife, hand trowel, long-bladed knife or screwdriver, scissors or pruning shears.
- I would also add a couple pairs of comfortable gardening gloves.
- Plants: Seed Packets – bok choy, nasturtium, scarlet runner beans, snap peas, spinach, arugula, kale, mixed lettuce, snap beans. Started Plants: 3 Basil, 3 Parsley, 2 Tomatoes, 1 Oregano, 1Rosemary, 1 Sage, 1 Thyme
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