Canned Veggies

An early photo.

Some of you who have been reading the blog for a while you may remember a post entitled, 'Can Do'.  

I had been casting about for ideas for garden edges in the veggie patch and I decided to try cans.

I was very skeptical at first and the reflection from the sun hitting them was so strong, it hurt my eyes.

We all agreed they looked pretty awful.

 Over time, the cans have rusted and only the ends of them are visible. 

Now they blend in and are less obvious.

They do a great job of keeping the mulch on the paths and the soil in the beds separate.

Because they are small units, the edges can be made into any shape, curved or straight, long or short.

Just place the can where you want and press it down with your foot, to the level you desire.  

The cans can be easily lifted out if you want to change the shape of a bed.

It is inexpensive and saves the energy of transporting the cans and recycling the steel - or worse, from them ending up in land fill. 

  

With three cats and two dogs we have quite a few cans and I am still adding them.  

I would highly recommend this idea to you as something worth doing.
Maybe not in the lovely flower garden or by the garden gate, but in the veggie patch
it works very well.

But there is another reason 

I absolutely love them.  

I always hand water the vegetable garden and as I sprinkle, the water hits the cans.
 They provide a soft musical percussion background that compliments the natural sounds of the birds and the creek and the breeze in the trees.

It's quite lovely!