If you have been following our blog, facebook page, or our website, then you already know that we are very enthusiastic about growing vertically.
The sky is truly the limit when it comes to growing vertically with many
varieties of fruits and vegetables, and herbs are no different.
Herbs grow great in containers, and this project combines the best of
both worlds, container gardening and vertical gardening. If you have
some basic tools and handy skills, then all you really need is to get
started.
Here are the Step by Step instructions
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By now you have probably seen
those inverted tomato planters. You are probably also wondering if they
really work. The answer in short is yes. So as long as you give the
tomato plant plenty of sun, water, and room for their roots to grow, it
will work.
However, did you also know that you can build your own upside down
planter with some basic material and of course a tomato plant? Well,
you can. Here is a great step by step instructional to do just that.
If you are short on garden space, but have a lot of hanging space, then
this is yet another tool for you to use to expand what you can grow, by
utilizing vertical area you may not have thought you had.
Here are the Step by Step instructions
Using a trellis in your home
vegetable garden has a wide range of benefits. For starters it allows
you take advantage of vertical real estate you may not have though of.
You save a lot of space when growing vertically and a trellis allows you
to do just that.
Second, some items grow great on a trellis and I could not imagine growing them any other way, such as cucumbers.
Here is an excellent trellis that you can build with some basic
materials, a little time and folds up for better storage in the
offseason.
Here are the Step by Step instructions
Screening your compost is a
good idea. You will be able to filter out many larger items that have
yet to break down which you can easily toss back onto your compost pile.
If you keep a vermicompost bin like I do, then screening is also a great
way to make sure your worms do not end up in your garden.
Worms in your garden are not a bad thing, but you want to keep your worms doing their jobs in your vermicompost bin.
Here are the Step by Step instructions
