If you have kids who want to help tend them make sure they are within reach of a child s hands.
Hanging gutter garden on fence piece.
Measure the length of the fence sections that you will be using.
The gutters and other material are light but the dirt combined with water can get heavy.
Hanging for vertical appeal.
Thread thin wire through a gutter and use it to hang after planting.
Turn a piece of pvc spouting into a pretty planter.
If you want to hang the guttering off the fence or garden wall select a part of the garden that gets adequate sun and is nicely sheltered from wind.
Hide an unpleasant view.
You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.
However you wish to get the job done.
When you look at a rain gutter what is your first thought.
Work out the length s of gutter that you need and cut.
Tidy the cut edges apply the welding solvent as per the instructions and.
Annuals could work quite well especially if you are creating a gutter garden as a work of art in your backyard.
Use a series of hanging gutters to hide your trash cans or the neighbor s old car parked in the backyard.
Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea.
If you re hanging it off a chain link fence as i.
Herbs are awesome for this reason but lettuces are also popular.
Or pick up the bag and pour the dirt.
Determine whether you will have more than one gutter garden on each section of fence.
14 inventive diy vertical gardens spring is in the air and it s time to get growing.
You may use more than one gutter piece in the hanging arrangement.
You might also select a house wall but only if this doesn t detract from the appearance of your home.
You could paint your gutters and attach them to a fence create a hanging.
Hang the garden that gutter is going to be pretty heavy once you fill it with moist soil so you ll want to install supports every 24 inches or so.
Whether you re working within the confines of an apartment balcony a modest.
After placing the fence add dirt to the gutters.
I didn t want my gutter garden to stress my fence out.
There s an incredible amount of projects that are easy to complete and don t require a lot of materials that will help you turn a simple rain gutter into a project to be proud of.
If you have dogs or other animals you may want to avoid low hanging gutter gardens.
It s probably not that it would make a fantastic planter right.
We ended up only using 1 large bag of soil cost was 5.