Yes I saw an ad for these vinyl boxes from a vinyl fence company and they were like $200 per box. I showed it to my husband and he figured out how to make them himself (he’s a handy guy). We bought vinyl fence parts at Home Depot and he put it all together for just over $100 for both boxes as I recall. My cousin Emily (her site is linked in this post) has made several of her own boxes too and I think she might be planning to do some tutorials about it sometime.

We’ve been living on our food storage for two years now, and I have to say that a garden is really an important part of one’s food storage. It’s really nice to have fresh food in one’s diet. Also, when you don’t have money to add to your storage or go to the store, a garden can really keep you going for a while if you plant it well. Don’t forget fruit trees!

To see my garden and what I have planted in it click on my name; I linked right to my garden.

I have already planted my peas, cabbage and lettuce, which are doing very well. I am looking forward to our last frost so I can plant all the other veggies that we love! Although the weather has been a record setting 85 degrees here in southeastern New Mexico, we will probably get a few more frosts and even perhaps one more hard freeze before April, but I am very eager to get started.

I can’t wait for Spring…but we still have lots of snow and VERY cold weather still. So, I guess I’ll be dreaming for quite a while longer.

Thanks for sharing your progress, Jodi!
Joyce

I do square foot gardening too, so I’m going to look up your cousin’s site. I’m continuously amazed at how much food I can grow in them.