Sometimes garden space is limited, or we just need a way to keep our plants nearby and easy to access. In my case I also needed a way to reduce all my bending.
I am planning a deck garden for next year. It will consist of garden towers and other containers along will trellis’ for supporting vining plants.
Last spring I purchased a Garden tower and planted herbs and flowers all within easy reach and no wear and tear on my knees and back. It worked great! So well in fact that at the end of the season I bought two additional towers as well as the automatic watering system for them.
Each tower has 35 planting areas. At the top of the tower is a 5 gallon self watering container. It self water from the top down and even on the hottest days I needed to fill it only once daily.
The automatic watering system, which I will connect next spring, will be scheduled to refill the water when we are away.
Next planting season I will plant vegetables in the additional towers.
Until then I will collect the newest seed catalogs and begin planning this new small garden.
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