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Six crops you can plant in buckets

Chief Administrative Secretary Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries Anne Nyaga looks at Lettuce at a Kitchen Garden at the Ministry of Agriculture Offices. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Used buckets can be reclaimed and used to grow food. There are wide range of fruits vegetables that can be grown in buckets. I will share tips on how you can grow various crops in buckets. The plastic bucket to be used will require holes for drainage. If your containers are to be placed on a hard surface, consider placing support structures below to allow water to drain freely.

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