Thought I would take a peek at how the vertical garden was doing. As you can see things are sprouting up! I had to use a catch for the water when watering it,
so I thought why not put a planter at the bottom to catch the water going through the vertical planter? Works out great- I think if I where to do anything different, I would use Coco Coir instead of soil or a good mix of potting soil and Coco Coir to keep in the water. I have this hanging on the south wall of the house, in a spot that gets some sun and mostly shade as it is full of plants like mustard greens and lettuce- don’t want them babies to start bolting!
Looky here- the Nasturtiums are peeking out of their pockets!
Thought I would take a peek at how the vertical garden was doing. As you can see things are sprouting up! I had to use a catch for the water when watering it,
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Coco and compost is probably one of the best sustainable potting soils you can make yourself:
http://red-icculus.com/?p=214
Also, have you ever though about automating your vertical garden? It is a $10 pump, $10 in tubing and and $10 in drip stakes and some tupperware. It would save tons of watering and time.
Red- Thanks for the soil recipe and yes I have thought about a Drip line in the water garden- but I wanted to see how growing things went first - that and Crunchy's Buy Nothing Challenge has me not buying much these days.
What a cool idea! I wonder if you could repurpose one of those old shoe organizers?
Jennifer- I hope so- Cause that is what that is - An old shoe storage/organizer thingy I found at Value Village!
hi rob - i love your vertical pockets....have you seen wally pockets? similar idea
http://www.gardenbeet.com/vertical-garden.html
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