Gutter Gardening, anyone else tried it?

Gutter Garden

My brother just posted this picture on his FB page of a gutter garden. Don't think it is HIS garden, but I thought y'all would like to see it. Kim

Strawberries in the gutter.

I have come up with an idea to reduce the amount of space needed for my strawberries. Currently the five plants that I started with have grown to a patch about 12 ft. x 12 ft. I plan to use a vertical gardening system using three posts and four gutters a

Blueberries in SFG

Hello All! Does anyone have experience with planting blueberries in a SFG? If so, how many can you plant in a square foot? Should they have their own box? How deep? There is no mention of blueberries in the book, but my family loves them, and we'd

Dandy Trailer Tent Over door gutter

When we first used our Dandy without the sun-canopy or awning a few years back we noticed that in heavy rain water seemed to be getting in along the hinges where it folds, after a little investigating we found it was actually getting in at the top of the

Koala Slide leak & gutter extensions

We have had our Koala since August. Sometime in September I noticed there was some water getting inside through the slide. It was only happening durring heavy & windblown rain. (Our slide faces the into the storms where we park it.) Set up an

Expedition glavanised roof rack with ladder price reduction

Roof Rack Heavy duty galvanised steel, expedition/trade roof rack. Supported by 8 adjustable legs. These can be moved width ways and fore and aft. There is a built-in ladder which slides out from underneath to drop down the side of the vehicle. There i

Gardening in Montana

Way up here (Montana) where it freezes often. We still eat out of our outside garden 9 month of the year cheating with small hoop houses. check out how at www.newwaystofeedtheworld.blogspot.com Bubble Wrap helps Happy Planting EDIT: Post

Another source of info on gardening in general.

This is a page on FB called Frugal Farmer. Other than not using MM, they have some good info on gardening in general: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001562094838 Lee

Giant Sunflower Seeds

I noticed several people who like to grow sunflowers. Not sure, but just incase you wish you could grow a Giant, here is a sight that offers giant sunflower seeds. But must add that these seed actually came from some of the world record sunflowers

South Florida Gardening Season

I am familiar with the gardening seasons in Europe but would like to try a SFG in South Florida. I have heard that the seasons are somewhat reversed here. For instance summer is to hot and humid for most crops. Would Sept to Dec be similar to fall in

The Toy Box (the return)

Happy birthday Mr. President..... Humm, too cold out for the slinky Marilyn outfit, a baggy WSU sweatshirt and gritty old garden gloves will have to do. No matter, it is Lincoln’s birthday, the day my gram’ma and I went out, whatever the weather, to plan

You might be a SFG'er if you . . . .

go out your front door to get the mail and on your way back in, stop and prepare a 2x4 bed for planting.

Potato Growing Methods

Potato Growing Methods Here are 8 methods of growing potatoes all in one handy guide. AND - If you would like to participate in a project, I’d love your help! Pick one of the methods and tell me what your yield was. Tell me by counting your