With all of the destruction that the voles and moles did to my vegetable garden last year, we decided to plant some things in a container. The voles really liked the swiss chard, lettuce, spinach and beets last year. Even though our puppies are turning into great mole and vole hunters, I still see tunnels in the yard! When we were planting the vegetable garden, I decided to use our old kiddie pool for the vulnerable plants.
To use a kiddie pool, you will need to drill holes in the sides and bottom for drainage. Our pool already had a few cracks in the bottom so hubby just took a very large drill bit and made holes in the side. We then used the top soil from our old raised beds. Originally I had the spinach, swiss chard, beets and lettuce all neatly spaced out in the pool. However, two little puppies had a digging adventure one day and dispersed the seeds! Nevertheless, the plants are growing and no worries about tunneling under them!
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