our new project

**mushpea** · 03-03-2013, 01:08 PM

our old hippo sand pit got turned in to a salad bed this weekend, My son drilled the holes for drainige in that and the pots and we filled it with soil, each child will have a pot to look after and the hippo will have lettuce growing in it for their sandwichs, I have also orded an arch of ebay to grow some cucumbers and beans up too. cant wait to see their faces tomoro

**Twinkle-Toes** · 03-03-2013, 01:31 PM

Wow! That looks ace

You have a very talented son and some very lucky mindees

**jackie 7** · 03-03-2013, 01:35 PM

I wish I had a garden. Well done it looks great. You're fees are going to have fun caring for their plants. I do tomatoes in a hanging bag on my balcony.

**sarah sunflower** · 03-03-2013, 03:12 PM

What a brilliant idea, we have two similar sand/water trays so may have to steal your wonderful idea!
Hope you don't mind! X

**mushpea** · 03-03-2013, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by sarah sunflower

What a brilliant idea, we have two similar sand/water trays so may have to steal your wonderful idea!
Hope you don't mind! X

Of course steal away

**sarah707** · 03-03-2013, 03:30 PM

Wow that looks brilliant!

**lizduncan72** · 03-03-2013, 03:31 PM

Love it!! Might have to do this with our old tortoise one-give it a new lease of life

**blue bear** · 03-03-2013, 04:23 PM

Excellent idea, was looking for an idea for the garden, thank you for the inspiration.

**Koala** · 03-03-2013, 06:48 PM

WoW

looks good

**cathtee** · 03-03-2013, 08:21 PM

Fantastic idea thanks for sharing, Lidl have loads of gardening stuff this week including a colapsable green house

**RuthJ** · 03-03-2013, 08:30 PM

Looks great! What a fab idea!

**Katiekoo** · 03-03-2013, 08:46 PM

Awesome! I may have to steal that too! Well done!

**miffy** · 03-03-2013, 10:54 PM

Looks great - I'm sure the children will love it!

Miffy xx

**MessybutHappy** · 03-03-2013, 10:59 PM

What a fab idea! We have a nightmare with slugs, so planting anything often ends in disaster. This would be brilliant because I could vaseline or copper wire the hippo which does slow/stop the slugs.

**snuffy123lulu** · 04-03-2013, 01:55 PM

That looks great but I fear my cat would see it as her new luxury toilet

**singingcactus** · 04-03-2013, 02:29 PM

Looks good

hope the kids enjoy their new veg patch.

**ChocolateChip** · 04-03-2013, 03:10 PM

Fab idea, looks lovely!!

**hectors house** · 04-03-2013, 04:12 PM

Just make sure you don't plant seeds too soon - we get carried away each year with planting out our runner beans and each year either cold winds or late frost in May kills them off. Looks a fab idea - my sandpit has already got drainage holes in, years ago my OH couldn't be bothered to bail out water when lid got left off, so he just put the garden fork through the bottom - I was not happy!

**mushpea** · 04-03-2013, 10:43 PM

One year a late frost killed of our courgetts or so I thought, so u planted more, the others grew back and we had a serious overdose of courgette that year lol
Am probly gonna put planting off for a while as we are due another cold spell !