Monday, May 26, 2008
Plant support
Gardening in such a small space (roughly 8 feet by 16 feet) requires that we go vertical as much as possible. For that reason, we are enclosing the garden with a light weight, easily portable fence made of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe with 48 inch green plastic fencing wire-tied to it. This fence will also serve as plant support for pole beans on the east side and sugar snap peas on the west side. The beans will likely climb higher than 48 inches (most likely 96 inches or higher), so I will need to go up with another layer of fence by the beans. I cannot go outside the parking space footprint to support that fence, so I will go over the top at a height of 8 ft and join the west and east fences with two lengths of PVC. Pictures later. The entire of cost of the garden, including the greenhouse and 30 grow boxes will be about $700. That will not be economical the first year, but by the end of the second year, it will have paid for itself at today's vegetable costs.
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