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Old Herb Lady
27th December 2011, 06:04 PM
Ha ! Thought this was a nifty little idear ! THREE MORE MONTHS TIL SPRING ! Can't wait !
(and winter has been good so far )



http://lifehacker.com/5229896/gutter-gardens-grow-produce-without-taking-up-space

Gutter Gardens Grow Produce Without Taking Up Space


If you'd love to do a little at-home gardening but don't have much space to do your planting, a simple gutter garden might be the perfect option.

Alaskan news site Juneau Empire features a smart, simple idea for planting a small vegetable garden with very little space: A windowbox garden built from gutters. In Alaska, this idea solves a few problems for the author:


We live near the glacier, so the soil is cold and has very little organic matter, there are lots of big trees shading it, and we have all the slugs and root maggots anyone could want, with porcupines, cats, bears and ravens meandering to boot.

There is only one side of our house that gets much sunshine, and, of course, that side of the house has the smallest yard.

Even if your garden doesn't face the same problems, the idea behind the gutter garden could be perfect if you're low on space but would kill for some homegrown veggies.

How does your garden grow?

MNeagle
27th December 2011, 07:28 PM
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gunDriller
28th December 2011, 05:49 PM
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my chickens would get lots of exercise jumping up and down to eat the topmost layer of greens.

they really like green - anything. right now they are de-foliating the huge blackberry plant in their pen.


to use gutters like in the picture - to water it I would maybe spray them with a hose ? Or is it watered by an 'off-take' from the down-spout on the regular gutter ?

I think I would want to mount them on a spacer so that they are maybe a half inch away from the house, so that moisture isn't trapped.

chad
31st December 2011, 01:23 PM
this is actually a really cool idea. i have some old gutters. i'm not going to put them on my house, but i think i'll set some posts and plant herbs in them. our herb pots are always blowing on the deck, this seems like a good solution to "oh, the basil got ruined again."