Just tried to plant some of the seedlings in a hanging shoe holder, as I saw on my friends' (Temporary Services) blog:
http://halfletterpress.tumblr.com/post/541521314/verticalvegetables
http://halfletterpress.tumblr.com/tagged/vertical_garden
However my shoe holders were not sturdy enough for the weight of the soil. I didn't want to get plastic so I opted for the non-woven fiber, the stuff that reusable shopping bags you get from the grocery store are made from. Maybe I should have splurged for better ones made of canvas. The grommets started sagging and popped out right away. I've cut them into individual rows, but that defeats the verticality. I'm disappointed, but I'm not going to re-pot these poor plants again.
In other news, I did have a great salad with radishes and lettuce from the garden. I'll post photos later when I can get my camera's card reader to communicate to my computer again.
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