Local man finds his green thumb after planting bucket garden

By: 
Nick Pedley

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     One Hampton man has been enjoying the fruits – or, vegetables – of his labor after planting a rather unorthodox garden at his apartment this summer.

     Jeff Dellinger was presented with a head-scratching situation earlier this June. He wanted to plant a garden in his apartment's backyard at the Hampton Community Housing complex, but his landlords wouldn't allow him to till up the ground. They said the housing board would have to vote to approve the garden addition, but Dellinger didn't want to deal with that long and arduous process.

     So, he took to the Internet to find a solution to his problem.

     Dellinger stumbled upon a video on YouTube that showed garden plants growing in six-gallon buckets. He knew he had found his fix, but there were still a few roadblocks. He had to find the pails, get the OK from his next-door neighbors and brush up on his gardening skills. After all, he had never planted something like this before.

Read the full article in the Aug. 28 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

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