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Suburban Living
If you live in the suburbs and have a small yard or larger, then you have even more options for vertical gardening!
Small Backyard Space
Do you live in a suburban area with a small yard?
Maybe you already have a garden and lack more space to plant additional vegetables, fruits and/or flowers. No matter where you live, you can put vertical gardening to use even if you only have a small amount of space to work with.
It’s 100% Eco-Friendly
Individuals who are looking to plant a garden in an economical manner will find vertical gardening to be a great option. These ingenious garden plans can also be very eco-friendly. The benefits of vertical gardening are quite extensive, which is why so many vertical gardens are popping up all over the world.
Vertical Gardens are Environmentally Friendly
One of the best factors about vertical gardening is that it doesn’t have a negative effect on the environment. There are various reasons why vertical gardening can be even friendlier to the eco-system than conventional gardening.
For starters, a lot of the manufacturers of vertical gardening supplies use “green” materials that are biodegradable or recyclable. Since vertical gardens help to keep away pests, less or no pesticides are required to keep them safe.
In fact, some people build their vertical gardens themselves using PET plastic bottles that they saved around the house. The plastic bottles are cut in half and used to filter water that drains from the hanging plants. This prevents water from being wasted, another reason why it’s eco-friendly!
Another way to use PET bottles is to cut an opening on the side of the bottle. Pour in soil and plant the seeds of small herbs. The PET plastic bottles can then be screwed into a vertical platform, such as a wall or board using a screw and washer. This can be a great design for an outdoor wall you have in the garden.
Above is a picture of a “bottle garden” using recycled plastic soda bottles.
PET plastic does not contain bisphenol-A but it may contain other hormone disruptors that can leach into the plants and your food so I avoid the use of it personally except for flower gardens.
Surely, you can probably think of many other ways to grow the seeds for your vertical garden, using items like rain gutters and containers. There are many different eco-friendly designs that you can use for your vertical garden.
Vertical Gardening is Economically Friendly
Anyone who is worried about the high costs of starting a garden should rest at ease once they learn how easy and cheap it is to build a vertical garden. First of all, you aren’t required to buy a home with a lot of land in order to plant a lot of plants.
If you design your vertical garden smartly, you could have a large garden even if you have limited amount of space horizontally. Whether you’re using a yard, balcony or rooftop, vertical gardens are proven to be easy on your wallet – and most gardeners find they’re saving enough money on their grocery bills to more than pay for their investment in building the garden.
The amount of money you’ll spend on a vertical garden is far less than what you’d spend on a traditional in-the-ground garden. Since there’s no tilling of the dirt required, you won’t need all of the gardening equipment that is commonly needed.
Then if you set up your vertical garden correctly, you could have it so that water isn’t being over-consumed. There are water preservation techniques that are easy to implement into a vertical garden. Simply place something at the bottom to catch dripping water and reuse it, saving you on your water bill.
A common practice is to place a water capturing barrel underneath the rain gutters – which prevents excess storm drainage problems in urban areas. Then you can use all the fresh rainwater to keep your garden healthy if there’s a dry spell!
How Many Plants Can You Grow?
The design of
Suburban Living
If you live in the suburbs and have a small yard or larger, then you have even more options for vertical gardening!
Small Backyard Space
Do you live in a suburban area with a small yard?
Maybe you already have a garden and lack more space to plant additional vegetables, fruits and/or flowers. No matter where you live, you can put vertical gardening to use even if you only have a small amount of space to work with.
It’s 100% Eco-Friendly
Individuals who are looking to plant a garden in an economical manner will find vertical gardening to be a great option. These ingenious garden plans can also be very eco-friendly. The benefits of vertical gardening are quite extensive, which is why so many vertical gardens are popping up all over the world.
Vertical Gardens are Environmentally Friendly
One of the best factors about vertical gardening is that it doesn’t have a negative effect on the environment. There are various reasons why vertical gardening can be even friendlier to the eco-system than conventional gardening.
For starters, a lot of the manufacturers of vertical gardening supplies use “green” materials that are biodegradable or recyclable. Since vertical gardens help to keep away pests, less or no pesticides are required to keep them safe.
In fact, some people build their vertical gardens themselves using PET plastic bottles that they saved around the house. The plastic bottles are cut in half and used to filter water that drains from the hanging plants. This prevents water from being wasted, another reason why it’s eco-friendly!
Another way to use PET bottles is to cut an opening on the side of the bottle. Pour in soil and plant the seeds of small herbs. The PET plastic bottles can then be screwed into a vertical platform, such as a wall or board using a screw and washer. This can be a great design for an outdoor wall you have in the garden.
Above is a picture of a “bottle garden” using recycled plastic soda bottles.
PET plastic does not contain bisphenol-A but it may contain other hormone disruptors that can leach into the plants and your food so I avoid the use of it personally except for flower gardens.
Surely, you can probably think of many other ways to grow the seeds for your vertical garden, using items like rain gutters and containers. There are many different eco-friendly designs that you can use for your vertical garden.
Vertical Gardening is Economically Friendly
Anyone who is worried about the high costs of starting a garden should rest at ease once they learn how easy and cheap it is to build a vertical garden. First of all, you aren’t required to buy a home with a lot of land in order to plant a lot of plants.
If you design your vertical garden smartly, you could have a large garden even if you have limited amount of space horizontally. Whether you’re using a yard, balcony or rooftop, vertical gardens are proven to be easy on your wallet – and most gardeners find they’re saving enough money on their grocery bills to more than pay for their investment in building the garden.
The amount of money you’ll spend on a vertical garden is far less than what you’d spend on a traditional in-the-ground garden. Since there’s no tilling of the dirt required, you won’t need all of the gardening equipment that is commonly needed.
Then if you set up your vertical garden correctly, you could have it so that water isn’t being over-consumed. There are water preservation techniques that are easy to implement into a vertical garden. Simply place something at the bottom to catch dripping water and reuse it, saving you on your water bill.
A common practice is to place a water capturing barrel underneath the rain gutters – which prevents excess storm drainage problems in urban areas. Then you can use all the fresh rainwater to keep your garden healthy if there’s a dry spell!
How Many Plants Can You Grow?
The design of
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