tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post954267701866222550..comments2023-08-11T00:48:09.154-07:00Comments on Living In The Land Of Oz: Garden Towers for the Horizontally ChallengedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-89356457036027588342014-02-21T22:45:49.964-08:002014-02-21T22:45:49.964-08:00Just in case someone is thinking of using tyres, i...Just in case someone is thinking of using tyres, i covered our camper trailer with a tarpaulin designed for that purpose. Six months later when i went out to have a look the chemicals in the spare tyre had eaten through and there was a big gaping hole. I cant imagine what those same chemicals would do to veggies and then eventually us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-90553527749337442032013-05-30T18:55:21.389-07:002013-05-30T18:55:21.389-07:00I can visualise them on the chook house but I don&...I can visualise them on the chook house but I don't have one yet. Maybe end of year. I have dvd's on Victorian Walled Gardening and have seen the glass houses with their little hammocks for melons etc. Goodness, those guys knew how to garden and get the best from every situation. Im going to post on it when I have finished the whole 13 part series. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-73251170029442274572013-05-30T18:30:11.826-07:002013-05-30T18:30:11.826-07:00Oooh, there are some fab gardening ideas here. I g...Oooh, there are some fab gardening ideas here. I grow cucumbers up a trellis, and have trained pumpkins up onto a chook shed roof in the past. Traditionally, in England, melons were grown up the insides of glass conservatories, then trained across the glass ceiling for maximum warmth, with the melons themselves suspended in little rope hammocks from hooks in the ceiling. I so want a conservatory!<br />Another good idea I have seen, like Nathalie's pumpkin arches, is to erect a tall pyramid of stakes on the edges of two raised beds, so that beans and pumpkins can grow up both sides, and form an archway over the pathway, and free up space in the bed, as you are only using the edges.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-90653720742425348062013-05-29T10:32:30.187-07:002013-05-29T10:32:30.187-07:00brilliant! thanks for sharing - i especially love ...brilliant! thanks for sharing - i especially love the vertical pallet board gardens...laughing helpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03419202929819268590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-61055756395122647012013-05-29T05:39:49.513-07:002013-05-29T05:39:49.513-07:00Great gardening ideas, I have just been given a la...Great gardening ideas, I have just been given a large crate its in one of my photos Im thinking about making a wicking bed, I have to read up on making them thoughSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956302484387429985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-27675024133951371272013-05-28T16:03:40.412-07:002013-05-28T16:03:40.412-07:00Nat can you send me photo's of your arches. T...Nat can you send me photo's of your arches. This sounds like the answer to my problem. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-4624122674744622902013-05-28T15:39:00.048-07:002013-05-28T15:39:00.048-07:00I grow my pumpkins over an arch and have had great...I grow my pumpkins over an arch and have had great success this way! I have grown all sorts of varieties and they are so hardy and no matter how big manage to hang on! I have also grown cucumber this way and it was great to be able to find the fruit easily! Next summer I would like to try this with melons as well, but they need support, once the fruit is set place it in a stocking and tie that to the trellis/arch and that should help support the fruit! My arches go from raised bed to raised bed :DLiving The Dream Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026663023290288296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-74814722174573998382013-05-28T14:44:02.858-07:002013-05-28T14:44:02.858-07:00I agree, i just didnt express it so eloquently. A...I agree, i just didnt express it so eloquently. Apart from that, i dont like the look of them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-36172824388806747882013-05-28T14:27:30.942-07:002013-05-28T14:27:30.942-07:00These are great! What a wonderful way to use your ...These are great! What a wonderful way to use your space!The Life of Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664575290861091769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-54199165588008059472013-05-28T13:33:22.581-07:002013-05-28T13:33:22.581-07:00Some of thse are just plain sexy! I LOVE the verti...Some of thse are just plain sexy! I LOVE the vertical pumpkins, squash and tomatoes.<br />The only thing to be aware of is that car tyres are full of heavy metals (not sure if they're picked up from the road or in the tyres themselves) which leach out and potatoes are absorbers and will draw in the leaed, cadmium and other nasties so growing spuds in used car tyres is a big no-no (only learned this myself late last year) but you can use them for other plants if you choose. Just make sure they don't absorb heavy metals and I would avoid using them for any form of root crop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com