Allotments 4 All

found this and decided to share :)

http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysnewsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=1224&z=3

It's amazing what can be grown in a tiny space. Some friends have a courtyard garden in the city centre, they have a vine, grow potatoes, tomatoes, salad, beans, courgettes and still have room for flowers.

You just have to be imaginative about containers and think "upwards"

Worth checking out Bionic Wellies' version

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,31178.msg309711.html#msg309711

(I do something similar but smaller and not as well made  :))

i knew this idea must have been on here before, you A4A members are way to astute for something this ingenious to slip by ;) :) :D. As it was the first time i have come across it thought i would share as there are so many new members joining of late.

i think i would use this idea with my black flower buckets in the greenhouse this year, it should help with the watering and feeding of the crops. when they are done i would post the piccies.

I like it - it's a lot simpler than cutting up lots of pipe and chicken wire, although perhaps rather unsightly  :)

Could probably get the polystyrene boxes from your local green grocer or fishmonger.

what are those tube stuff sticking up in each container? Are they for watering purposes I wonder?

Yes. You water until the water starts flowing out of the overflow you cut into the lower polystyrene box (or overflow holes you  drilled).

i'll probably do mine this way ie with buckets minus the lid though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUCxBHeq04&NR=1

Thanks Barnowl! Gosh there are so many clever and creative folks about!

Quote from: Arumlily on February 25, 2009, 14:02:07
Thanks Barnowl! Gosh there are so many clever and creative folks about!

Yes - if I hadn't seen Bionic's photos it never would have occurred to me to botch up something similar and now there's the "double bucket approach" which looks even easier.

There was another one posted on here last year? or maybe the year before which used a rectangular plastic box in much the same way. I'd forgotten about it though so thanks for the reminder.