Several of us seem to be interested in growing up this year :P
I came across this US site with more info and some inspirational pics - a bit like the square foot gardener but more blue sky thinking ;D ;D ;D
http://www.gardensup.com./
I like that idea, son has just had new central heating put in his house lots of pipes thrown out. They are copper ones . I wonder if I could use them.
I love recycling and could not work out if I needed them now perhaps I will ha ha.
yup, I grow some of my squashes upwards. Leaves more room for the bush varieties. Only thing with some of the bigger fruits, you do need to support the fruits as they can be very heavy and can break away from the parent plant or bring the whole thing down in a heap on the ground.
Oh dear EJ, so you're sitting there quietly having a break on the lottie ... cup of tea, seed catalogue, hand cream ... then WHAM down come the ripe Turks Turban ... eek! ;D
Too many squash plants - I posted this the other day:
"I always run out of space on my allotment, and the success I am having with the chitting/gutter method this year is scary. I have a tall old apple tree on the allotment, and it came to me yesterday that I could try persuading some of the trailers to climb into it. I would lash stakes and bamboos into position leading from planting area in a wide circle around the tree up into the lower branches, and give them a bit of assistance. Could look like a strange green maypole."
I am just off to the allotment to dig out their planting holes. Maybe the tree will shade them out too much, maybe they will climb so high I have to use a rake to get at the fruit - who knows??? But I have to go in for vertical gardening because I have such a small allotment, and your website, Sprout, is fascinating, thanks.
Think will have a go at this vertical thing on one or two - have some tubing and stuff and guess it would be reasonably straightforward to cobble together some form of support. Might be solution to my current space problem!
Later this year, it would be great to see some pictures of these "hanging gardens of A4A."
Maybe there is scope for a competition here?
;D ;D ;D LOL flossie, great idea!