Growing vegetables on the balcony without spending money on planter boxes - empty oil drums let you have fresh vegetables to eat every day

If you have a terrace, what would you want to grow on it? Besides flowers and plants, Blue Demon thinks what you'd most want to grow is probably vegetables.

Especially for older gardening enthusiasts, after living in the city for a long time, they instead want to return to a pastoral life, growing their own flowers and vegetables. When growing vegetables on a terrace, the most troublesome things are containers and soil.

Many people choose to buy planter boxes. To be honest, the money spent on planter boxes really isn't the problem - the problem is where to get so much soil? Planter boxes are so big, and filling them up requires a lot of soil!So what should you do? How can you grow vegetables conveniently on a balcony or outdoors with little investment?

Blue Demon suggests you use this - empty oil drums! We all have empty oil drums at home. Nowadays everyone eats salad oil, and they all come in this kind of drum. Once the oil is used up, the drum gets thrown away. Actually, we can collect empty oil drums, make a few simple modifications, and they become excellent vegetable-growing containers.

First, wash the oil drum clean, then use a utility knife or scissors to cut off the lid end. Then poke a few holes in the bottom of the bottle for drainage and airflow.

Once the empty oil bottle is prepared, you can fill it with soil and start your vegetable-growing experience. Baby bok choy, cherry tomatoes, mini cucumbers, chili peppers, eggplants - you can try growing any vegetables you like.

If you're growing vegetables like bok choy that are directly sown and have a short growth cycle, it's recommended to cut the oil bottle horizontally when preparing it.

The advantage of this approach is a wider surface area, giving directly sown bok choy relatively more growing space. Isn't it simple and money-saving? Most importantly, it brings us a lot of joy in life!

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