Cinderblock Gardening

Every year we want to plant a garden, and every year we find ourselves distracted by a project. Last fall we planted garlic but that was all we had done, but I still wanted to plant stuff.  I remember seeing on Pinterest someone who put a plant in a cinderblock and thought that was a neat idea! On Father's Day I went down to Home Depot and picked up a few cinderblocks to put on the top of our retaining wall.

I bought 8 cucumber plants.

 Starting to dig....

All my cinderblocks lined up!

My garden assistant Jack :)

We filled them each section with garden soil then planted the cucumbers.

 All planted, let's see how they grow!

4 weeks from planting and the cucumber plants are growing great!

Since my cucumbers were doing so well I decided I wanted to try something else. I went to the Farmer Market and bought some lettuce to plant, hoping it's grows just as well!

Anyone have some gardening tips they want to share?!