Enter another idea. The smallest branches will become firewood, which will produce wood ash. The ashes will be added to the rabbit manure to be added to the soil for our gardens. Some of the longer sturdy branches will be used as poles, maybe for tomato or pepper stakes, or more likely for pea/bean tee-pee supports. The bigger branches will be cut into 18-inch lengths, and lashed together to create small individual raised gardens. I know this isn't what is typically meant by "square foot gardening" but I figure it's similar to using a bucket, but then the roots can go right into the ground. I didn't get to finish the one I started, but I made some good progress.
Last fall, just before it got really cold, we cut down several trees that were growing along the side of the house and garage. We didn't get a chance to do anything with the resulting brush. Enter another idea. The smallest branches will become firewood, which will produce wood ash. The ashes will be added to the rabbit manure to be added to the soil for our gardens. Some of the longer sturdy branches will be used as poles, maybe for tomato or pepper stakes, or more likely for pea/bean tee-pee supports. The bigger branches will be cut into 18-inch lengths, and lashed together to create small individual raised gardens. I know this isn't what is typically meant by "square foot gardening" but I figure it's similar to using a bucket, but then the roots can go right into the ground. I didn't get to finish the one I started, but I made some good progress. I started lashing from the top using some cheap garden twine I got at Dollar Tree last spring. When I ran out of that, I started to use hemp rope (the thin kind I use for crafting). Turns out the hemp works better for a good sturdy hold. This particular grouping is made up of one tree, with the base being the bigger part of the trunk, and the top being the upper branches. I'm going to have to buy more hemp rope to continue this project. Ideally, I think that one container like this could hold one tomato, one pepper, or one eggplant plant. Or maybe a couple peas, beans, or cucumbers (with a tee-pee support), or a small assortment of root vegetables, perhaps. I'd like to play with using them for different types of plants to see what works best. I think a lot will depend on how many I can make. This was one stripped tree.
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