Learn how to make a rain gutter garden on your yard fence.
Gutter planters for lettuce.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Here s a fun vertical gardening idea.
This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
Vertical wall planter attaching simple white rain gutters to a wooden pallet is a great way to make a sturdy vertical wall garden and it s great for raising lettuce as shown in the image below.
These painted gutters filled with annuals are fun and eyecatching.
Plastic bottles make the best planters.
This super cute 3 tier hanging gutter planter is exceptional to look at.
Gutter gardens are becoming popular for growing lettuce and other vegetables in a small amount of space but there s no reason they can t be decorative too.
You can complete this project following this tutorial given here.
Basically these gardens are usually made using old rain gutters.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
For full project details click here.
These are easily upcycled and repurposed into planters in a variety of clever and inventive ways.
You don t actually need to use rain gutters specifically to make one of these space saving gardens.
Space leaf lettuce every 4 inches loose headed varieties every 8 inches and firm headed varieties.
3 slide metal end caps onto the gutter and crimp the edges of the end cap to the gutter with pliers.
Space leaf lettuce every 4 inches loose headed varieties every 8 inches and firm headed varieties 16 inches apart.
Sep 22 2015.
Polka dot 3 tier gutter planter.
The name is a misnomer however.
Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Install this upcycled gutter garden anywhere to grow all your loose leaf plants.