Comments on: Eco-DIY: recycle old gutters into a vertical garden

By: Vertical Gardens and Green Walls

Vertical Gardens and Green Walls — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:40:39 +0000

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By: Khalilah Hauze

Khalilah Hauze — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:47:13 +0000

I often don’t get time to go out into the garden these days. I will have to make time to get out there soon. Thanks for the post!

By: Deb Porter

Deb Porter — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:03:26 +0000

What a great idea. Using this method is a great way to conserve water. You can pick up used gutters at any house that is replacing their gutters. Contact Sears who replaces a lot of gutters. I am going to give this a try.

By: Growing Vegetables

Growing Vegetables — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:01:38 +0000

I haven’t seen anything like that before! Whan an amazing way of recycling for your garden

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:37:37 +0000

What a fantastically simple idea. Its funny how you can see something and think, “oh yeah” why didn’t I think of that? Well done Suzanne.

By: Rhonda Daniels

Rhonda Daniels — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:31:00 +0000

I love this!
What a great idea for small ‘crops’.
Gee, now I want to go create a vertical herb garden
.-= Rhonda Daniels´s last blog ..Start Your Herbs with a Mini Greenhouse! =-.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:56:04 +0000

Regarding using copper gutters. Don’t! Most copper salts are highly toxic – it’s really not something you want accumulating in your system or in your food chain.

By: Cindy Compton

Cindy Compton — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:11:53 +0000

This could be a great concept for bringing farming to the urban poor of the world.

There is also a vertical garden company called Vertical Gardens, LLC (http://www.vertical-gardens.net)which uses recycled fabrics to make vertical gardens that can be used by urban poor to plant food in vertical spaces in crowded slums(http://vertical-gardens.net/isis.htm). I’ve heard they have pilot project going on in India. Could be way cool, also …. at least some people are trying to have a positive impact…

By: Andrew Beck

Andrew Beck — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:53:00 +0000

We have use guttering extensively for vertical garden use it seems as in this case to work very effectively. We have been able to grow a variety of different plants including plants and herbs and fed subsurface irrigation through the gutters to allow the systems to grow with a minimum of care. We are currently developing a similar system using greywater, though some councils in Western Australia are very restrictive in this area.
http:sustainablegardendesignperth.com

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:19:29 +0000

That's brilliant! Opens up tons of possibilities for urban gardening too. .-= Maggie´s last blog ..My Recipe Is A Finalist! =-.