How to Make a Water Trough Garden

1. Fetch a couple of water troughs.

2. Make your husband wear your pink ear muffs before he shoots draining holes in the bottom of the troughs with his .22.

3. Rest the trough against a brush pile as a backstop.

4. Find a spot with full sunlight and position them by something for climbing plants. We found an old gate.

5. Fill the troughs with soil and position your plants with the climbers and tall ones at the back so you can tie them off - tomatoes, string beans, etc.

 6. Remove all plastic and add more soil to secure the plants.

 7. Add water. 

 8. Tie a foil pan to dangle in the wind and chase away hungry birds.

 9. Tie string around the old gate, or whatever you use, so plants can climb it.

10. Thank your sweet husband for putting together a compost bin that has 56 screws and bad directions.