Some people make hanging gutter gardens that are not attached to a wall.
Rain gutter grow system fence.
Use your creativity to put a gutter garden in some of your free space.
This is a self watering bucket on steroids so naturally i had to try it.
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And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail.
Rain gutters as fence decoration dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea.
Here is what you will need.
If you need inspiration take a look here.
At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method.
2 10 ft treated 2x4 s 1 10 ft rain gutter and 2 end caps i prefer the u snap b.
Ok so you want to build a rain gutter grow system.
Consider these uses for gutter gardens.
It s a rain gutter designed to hold your choice of plants and decorate a wall fence porch railing or other area.
I ve seen others that run back and forth diagonally to create an easy watering system.
You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.
I ve been feeling an urgency to get this blog post update out because i have been seeing ridiculous growing traffic on our strawberry planting in rain gutters post and i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters hasn t turned out so well for us.
The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container.
Of course some people also have plants growing out of their rain gutters that have gotten clogged with debris ok that s a joke.
We have featured several vertical rain gutter gardens in previous posts as gutters make very convenient planters that can easily be attached to a wall or hung from a balcony or overhang for instant garden containers that can be stacked one on top of another.
Dec 17 2019 this board is all about rain gutter grow systems developed originally by larry hall.
Rain gutter grow systems are a new way to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding.
It can be placed against the side of a house shed or fence as an alternative to growing food in the ground.