Gutter Plant Stand

These kinds of plant stand are cheap but work great with your surroundings.

Gutter plant stand. With a wooden frame and some vinyl gutters i was able to make a stand alone vertical planter full of delicious herbs and some colorful flowers too. Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas. When you look at a rain gutter what is your first thought. How to grow strawberries in a small space.

It s probably not that it would make a fantastic planter right. The tutorial is available at her tool belt. Since you will be duplicating on the lathe you can use a lathe duplicator such as the craftsman copy crafter or make a template to follow. As you see this diy plant stand is an outdoor ornament.

You can plant a bunch of different plants or herbs in a single gutter and watering and drainage can be extremely easy if you hang your gutters at a slight angle. There s an incredible amount of projects that are easy to complete and don t require a lot of materials that will help you turn a simple rain gutter into a project to be proud of. Drill two holes at the end of the gutter. It is made of used painted woods.

13 diy gutter garden ideas to grow plants vertically. Place all gutters then attach to the fence. On the end of the gutter that will be placed on the lower bracket drill two small holes. The best garden gutter plants are those with spreading roots instead of those that continue to grow downward.

Each gutter length will be capped on both ends. You could paint your gutters and attach them to a fence create a hanging. This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs. You can create this from an old bookshelf but you have to repaint it.

Create a productive hanging herb garden with plant stand. The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries. What to plant in gutter gardens. Fabric wicks and plant roots draw water up from the gutter hence the nickname sips sub irrigated planting system one sips system uses small plastic baskets like downspout leaf catchers.

The plant stand shown is a fairly traditional project and quite simple. I ve seen gutter gardens that are 12 feet long that extend alongside of a house. It consists of three spindle turned legs and a bandsawn top section. 1 2x4 pretreated board you can purchase untreated but you will need to buy wood sealer if you do so that it is ok in the elements 2 2x2 pretreated boards 2 rta2z rigid tie connectors.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. In it installed some rope to hang the plants. This may take a little effort as the caps fit the gutter ends snugly. Scroll down the page at this link to find the plant stand.

You can even keep it on your balcony rooftop or patio. Hang on a stand if desired. Succulent plants generally have spreading roots and grow perfectly in shallow containers such as a portion of gutter.