2013 - Volume #BFS, Issue #13, Page #90
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He “Fishes” For Vegetables In Boat
“I can’t go fishing any more so I filled my boat with dirt and made a garden out of it,” says Elwyn Kie, Rochester, N.Y.Kie uses an electric mobility cart to get around. “I can drive right up to the boat and do my gardening work without ever getting off the cart,” he says.
The 21-ft. aluminum boat sets on a trailer a few feet from his house. Kie opened the drain hole and added a layer of stones at the bottom of the boat for drainage. Then he filled the boat with dirt and composted horse manure.
“I used it to grow tomatoes and strawberries this year,” says Kie. “I bought the boat new 6 years ago but never had a chance to use it because my wife developed dementia. She was in the hospital for about 6 years and I was there every day with her. Then I developed a bad back and couldn’t go fishing any more. I paid a little more than $1,000 for the boat. I could have sold it, but it’s worth much more to me as a raised garden.”
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