Although, I don't see many neighbors with wheelbarrows, I know these rolling wagons are out there. I went to a local organic garden, and saw a good use for the wheelbarrow in the garden. Now, I always promote simplicity when given the opportunity, and now is that opportunity. The simplicity of wheelbarrow gardening. All you new or experience gardeners, or organic gardeners, pay attention. This is a neat idea.
In this garden, I saw a wheelbarrow being used as a garden bed. Several holes were drilled in the bottom of the wheelbarrow, to allow water to drain, and dirt filled the wheelbarrow garden bed to a few inches before the top of the wagon. There was a layer of compost, and peat moss spread in and over the dirt. A thick mantle of greens were growing just fine in their garden home.
Think of the benefits with this enclosed metal garden container. There is control. The plants stay in the bed, and it is easier to reach down and control weed growth. It is a pleasure to garden with this very upraised garden. How many of us have back issues, and don't want to have to bend over all the time to touch the surface of the earth. Gardening is fun, and not a burden, when done in comfortably, and wheelbarrow garden is an easy way to garden. The bed is already laid out, the metal frame and foundation of the wheelbarrow.
I am eager to start this kind of gardening, but there is just one problem. I don't have a wheelbarrow. Oh well, I do have several rectangular, raised vegetable beds with a ceramic block border, and I do have a couple container gardens. I am still very impressed with the practicality of the wheelbarrow garden. I must might buy a wheelbarrow just for that purpose, since I do want to add one more garden bed to the yard.
