Gardening: the beets must go on

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Gardening: the beets must go on

remote control carnivore: May 7, 2009

I am very

about gardening, as will be evident by my post. I'm trying to get better, though.

I have a half wine barrel that I've been trying to use for an herb garden. Being :downs:

at gardening however, I never drilled drainage holes in it. As a result of the torrential downpours we've gotten in SoCal, the thing filled up with water. I just emptied out all of the nasty water and cleaned it out, added some drainage holes and built a low frame to keep it off of the ground.

Now for the Q: is the potting soil I dumped out of it still good? Or should I buy new and compost the old stuff?

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remote control carnivore: May 7, 2009

Thanks. I live in the Mojave desert, so "hot and dry" is very doable.

How deep should I make the gravel? I have one layer in there right now, over some window screen.

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