Gutter Gardens

IMG_8630[1]As you all know, the old gutters are coming off and new improved drainage gutters are going up. Instead of wasting the plastic gutters we’re giving everyone a chance to claim a gutter or two to create their own herb garden. There are lots of ideas on the web but here are the basics. 

Grab a gutter, one should be enough. I have found that cutting the gutters at 1.4m is wide is enough to fit between the cement pillars of our back yard. This will give you four nice long gutters to work with, enough to fill one strip of wall.

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Also, take some of the brackets they are otherwise going to throw away so that you can mount them onto the wall.

Just a note, please do this at the back of your yards and not out front as this will maintain the aesthetic of the front yards we hope to keep in tact.

 

See also:

How To Make A Hanging Gutter Garden