Our garden area is about 200 feet from the house & has been ignored for many years. For the last couple years I have been trying to clear it up So I can have a large garden again. (I have pictures on my blog here as well as in posts). Meanwhile, I have a yearning for growing something of my own that we can eat. My husband has developed a ton of health issues including COPD & is now on oxygen. He also wants to have a garden, something he can tend to close to the house, where his oxygen line will reach. He has portable oxygen but we prefer to not use that unless it's necessary since he needs those for trips to the doctor & when our electricity goes off. So for the last couple years I've picked up anything I thought would make a good container.
These blue totes were $5 each at Family Dollar.
To the far left is one of those Rubbermaid type totes. I've gotten a few from yard sales, thrift stores, & from the side of the road😁. I learned the hard way to stay away from the clear plastic ones. After a few months they become brittle & break if you try to move them. I've also picked up 5 gallon buckets on the side of the road but am leery of doing that ever since I picked up one that smelled like old fish.
Our back patio area is a concrete slab & then there's a small area I can use for a garden area for him. The issue with this area is that it once had a redbud tree & a catalpa tree that we had removed but there are still tree roots everywhere.
Since you have a wooden deck I would definitely put something underneath any container to protect your deck, as well as allow excess water to drain out & away. Since I'm putting my containers over either concrete or ground, I don't have any wood to protect but I still want any excess water to be able to run out & away from the containers so plants aren't sitting in water. Luckily, we still have tons of plastic bread trays that I can use for this.
