Cut down on maintenance like watering and weeding with this compact garden.
Water trough garden beds.
Two troughs with a small footprint each is 2 feet wide and 6 feet long sit side by side in the yard behind a san francisco row house in a garden created by designer katey mulligan.
Less weeding low maintenance and simple to set up.
At a height of 24 inches each trough provides a luxurious depth of soil to promote root growth of vegetables and herbs.
This galvanized trough is the perfect size for a small planter.
Metal water troughs are just large containers in your garden and they should be treated the same as other container gardens.
These unique raised bed planters look like galvanized watering troughs but they are durable embossed metal that easily bolts together.
12 trough planter in a parking lot jean mcweeny of state by state gardening wrote about urban folks and apartment dwellers using troughs as planters.
You can place galvanized troughs within larger garden beds to separate and prevent crawling plants from taking over your garden.
Water troughs or stock tanks as they re also called make fabulous gardening beds.
Other recommendations include watering the tree thoroughly after planting.
Water must be able to drain out of the containers or they will get flooded moldy and your plants and their roots could rot.
Choose a level sunny spot fill with dirt or pots plants and seeds.
They re a smart replacement for the typical wooden raised beds because they re sturdy and last a long time.