I just talked with someone about all of her boxes from deliveries, like Amazon. She didn't know what to do with them and felt bad throwing them away. So she decided to decorate or paint them put in a plastic bag and made a planter. I was thinking maybe the larger boxes like from "Chewy" might be usable as a container garden for my porch. I'd probably need to put the box in a large plastic bag so the rain doesn't destroy it. Any thoughts?

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As a gardener I love experitmenting by growing something you wouldn't expect to find in a pot or growing in my zone. When it popped up on my calendar that today was National Lemonade Day, I got tickled because my latest experiment is growing a lemon tree in a pot in zone 7A. I've had my little Meyer's lemon tree since last summer (1st pic below) and this spring it bloomed (2nd pci). I have been babying it over the winter months and it appears that this attention is paying off. I plan to move it from it's warm spot in the family room to the deck in the next couple of weeks. Excited to see if I actually get lemons soon. What about you? Is there a plant, a vegetable or a fruit that you've experimented with that typically wouldn't do well in your zone? Share your journey with us.

OK, maybe not everyone is as exicted as I am when something fruits that you just weren't sure would. But I have baby lemons on my Myers Lemon Tree🍋. I bought it last summer and have had it in the house over the winter. It bloomed late winter/early Spring and now I have found a few baby lemons. So excited to see how this little experiment continues to grow and surprise me. I do have it in about a 2 gallon container at this point. We'll see how long it goes before I have to give it a larger pot. In the meantime, I am dreaming of fresh squeezed lemonade.😋