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Thanks Rhino. I just now saw those onion posts.

I was thinking of trying to plant some things in cinder blocks and I wondered if onions would work...or even potatoes. I could just line them up in a row.

Like these:

Just reading about using concrete blocks and people are definitely doing it. Im going to try it.

Im thinking these ones:

They are only $2.50 per block. I will grab like 5-10 of them and test it out. Im going to try onions in there.

Beets, radishes, and chard are coming up

Planted the tomatoes. They were still a bit on the small side but I planted them anyway. I still have about 6 more in pots if they fail.

Also put together a makeshift chicken wire fence. Hopefully it keeps rabbits out. Im sure a determined varmint can find its way it, but hopefully not as easily. It kind of looks like crap, but I just wanted to get something up.

The peppers are really not wanting to grow. Both the ones seeded inside and out are just not doing much. I will let them grow for a few more weeks and then plant them as is, hopefully they start getting bigger.

I also planted more sunflowers near my garden to attract the bees to it, some Big Max pumpkins, rhubarb, and I just need to find a place for the watermelons.

For the onions I planted 5 of them in cinder blocks as a test run. If it works Im going to set up an onion and garlic cinder block row somewhere in the backyard.