Lettuce Gutter Garden
Grow loose leaf lettuce and spinach in an upcycled gutter for an easy and beautiful garden idea.
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Equipment
- 1 Sawzall & Metal cutting blades
- 1 Scissors
- 1 Staple gun & staples
- 1 Drill & screws
- 1 Wire cutting tool
Materials
- 1+ pieces Plastic or Aluminum Gutters
- 1+ pieces Gutter end caps
- 1+ pieces Window Screening
- 1+ pieces Pressure-treated 2x4 lumber
- 1+ pieces Electrical wire
- 1+ pounds Garden soil
- 1_ oz Loose-leaf lettuce or Spinach seeds
Instructions
- Measure the old fencing posts and knocked out existing horizontal beams, if necessary.Or install post the necessary distance. Or measure the area on a wall where you are to install the gutters.
- Using a Sawzall and a metal cutting blade, cut the gutters into sizable pieces that will fit your post and installation area, if necessary.
- Install any metal or plastic end caps, so the soil stays in the gutter. Then, hot-glued pieces of window screening to the top of the gutter downspout opening on the proper ends.
- Install with a drill and screws pressure treated 2x4 lumber the length of the gutters which will hold the weight of gutters and soil.Then using a 2-inch slant from one end to the other, screw the gutters to the lumber, making sure any downspouts are at the lower end of the slant to become the drainage.
- Cut strips of window screening which is longer and larger than gutter. Staple screening to the back of the wood lumber.Fill gutters with potting soil.
- Using a wire cutting tool, cut electrical wires to proper size and bend into a U-shape to fit the gutters and lifts up window screening. The longer the wire, the taller the loop.
- Plant lettuce and spinach seeds at the proper season and time, water continuously and harvest when necessary.