The other day, I posted about our daughter’s adventure of creating a patio garden. It was so much fun to spend the evening with her getting it set up. I wanted to continue sharing with the “how to” of creating this vertical garden.
From the last post you saw that we went to Home Depot and got all the stuff. That was fun. We headed back to her apartment and started putting it all together.
- We had to prepare the wood pallet. Sanding, sanding and more sanding. Sand the edges to where you don’t get splinters in your hands while you are caring for your garden.
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- Cover the back side of the pallet with the landscaping fabric. We put two layers on the back of it to secure the back. {hint, choose which side will be standing up and put the top part of the fabric on first. That way the dirt doesn’t fall through the cracks. }
- Lay the pallet down to where all you have to do is lift the one side and slide it up to a vertical position.
Sorry, it was getting really dark outside.
- Fill the pallet with dirt. We used a mixture of garden soil and miracle grow soil. Pack it in and fill up every corner.
- Layout your plants on the pallet to plan out how to plant them. We put the plants that vine toward the bottom and the plants that bush in the middle and top.
- Plant the plants according to the directions on the tags. Make sure you allow the allotted amount of space between each plant.
- Water really well. {hint: you will need to water this in the morning and in the evening because it will drain and dry out quickly. }
This is how the garden looked the next morning. As you can see we also planted some flowers and herbs in pots too.
The vertical garden needs to lay flat for 2 weeks to let the roots set and the dirt to set also. Be careful with raising the garden. It will take 2-3 people to do it.
And this is a couple of pictures I got today from her. They are growing beautifully.
Tomato
Strawberries
