http://www.simplyeasydiy.com/2014/03/diy-vertical-herb-garden-planter-box.html
This is the first in a series of outdoor projects I’ll be doing in the coming weeks. I’ll post running updates on simply easy diy.com to let you know how this is holding up.
Going vertical is the natural progression for most people that start a garden and find they never have enough space for all their gardening needs. I started out with one 4×8 raised garden bed and before long built a second one. Raised garden beds number 3, 4 and 5 came not long after the first two. Then I realized that if I wanted to add any more I was going to have to start putting them out into the open yard space that I wanted to keep reserved for the kids to play in. I think its important for children to have a large open area to play, skip and run. Maybe toss a ball around with dad or play a game of pickle. So I did not want to add any more garden beds. This left me trying to find new ways to get more production out the space we already had. Their is one bed that we kept a lot of our herbs in and I had the thought that if I could free up that space by putting the herbs in containers and placing them on the back patio just outside the back door. We could free up some space for more food production. However, I did not like the look of a lot of containers just sitting around the back patio. I thought about building a shelving unit so we could put all the containers in one spot. I finally decided on a hybrid style shelf slash planter box.
I also wanted to be able to move it around the back patio with ease. So I decided to place the whole unit on a frame with 3″ locking casters. That worked out better than I had hoped. I can position the vertical herb garden planter box facing north and south. One side can be for sun loving herbs and the other can be for shade loving herbs. I can also place all sun loving plants on both sides and face the unit east and west. We can roll the unit closer to the door at meal time so that we can harvest what we need for a recipe without having to walk all the way out to the garden. Conversely we can roll the vertical herb garden planter box further away from the house during a rain storm so that it can get more rain than it would closer to the house.
I made my vertical herb garden planter box out of scrap pine that I had sitting in the garage left over from previous projects. You could very easily purchase cedar, cypress or some other weather resistant species of wood to make this vertical herb garden planter box and it would last for decades to come with little worry.
I also made it so that if any part of the vertical herb garden planter box needs replacing I can just remove the screws and replace with another piece of scrap that I have laying around at the time. As a woodworker I’ll probably be tripping over potential spare parts for it.
I would also like to announce the launch of my second YouTube Channel called Simply Easy Homesteading:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7oJg7WOR8xk-qsQRmZbfLQ
If you enjoy the video format I feature here on my main channel along with my sometimes quirky sense of humor and you like all things DIY. Then you will enjoy Simply Easy Homesteading. Granted the channel page is still under construction.
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“Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We built this vertical herb garden in our backyard at the beginning of summer and enjoyed having fresh herbs all season! Wanted to share this little video to show you how we did it!
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What is the base you are using with the skill saw??
I'm an agr. engineer and I say onething: excellent work 🙂 It is an sample of Urban Farming. additionally your hands very effective on tools 🙂 "Afiyet olsun"?
Thanks for ideas and instructions.
nice!?
How arer the herbs growing in the planter? Are they deep enough that they don't dry out too quickly? Now that you have had some experience with it. I'm just wondering how it's turning out.?
great video…excellent sound, if you don't mind me asking what mic setup you use??
Stan I see your using pine. If you look up shou sugi ban on youtube, its a great way to finish wood naturally that will make it last longer. I actually did a planter wall 2 ft high by 40 ft long and it looks great. I'm in cali so with less rain it will last longer even if it was just pine. I used doug fir for my projects as its cheap here. Thanks for the vid I will be making one of these shou sugi style myself.?
Great job keep the videos coming?
I love the transition from you using the circular saw to the shot with your band-aid covered finger.
Amazing really looking forward to doing this.?
0:08 ………..and women too!?
My favorite line was "with that said about cedar …I'm making this out of pine!" – as will I, your project has inspired me to build one similar … Also out of pine 🙂 ?
Yummy Yummy i am going to making one tomorrow as i am a retired carpenter
Your style is very DIY'er friendly. Don't take this the wrong way, but I also like how you're not self conscious about using tools that aren't "top shelf". It adds to the welcoming feeling for the DIY'er that might feel incapable of doing a project because he/she doesn't have a $600 chop saw.
Just bought something similar, thanks for the inspiration Laura! Would love to see more videos like these 🙂
Do you recommend planting all herbs for these vertical gardens??
They should build a metal framing for the vertical grow. That way you can put it in the yard and have both sides, instead of just sticking it on the wall?
I'll be in music?
where did you get the wooly pockets?
Ooo, let me know how they fair during the winter. My leafy garden is going nuts! Lots of romaine, bok choy and mustard.?
DOPE! Thanks for sharing Laura, you're the bomb ;)?
Here's a tip: you don't need anything fancy to stabilize your camera, just something with a little more inertia, such as an open tripod, something wide or something heavy. Your videos will look 100,000x better.?
congrats on your new home. Looks like I will be moving west soon… Nevada, and would love to do one of these. Thanks for sharing… much love ..?
Can you do some tutorials on your art, or like show the processes an' stuff???? it bloody inspiring and your personality is
Are the wooly pockets polyester? Or actual wool??
awesome!?
ahh im so jealous! its freezing here in Canada. I bought a basil plant from the store but it would be so satisfying to grow my own herbs in my backyard. you know under all the snow …?
Where did you get the wooley pockets ??
cinnamon basil mixed with arugula is a good combination. I like neither separately but the combination is good, by weight, about 10 arugula to 1 cinnamon basil?
Lemon Crest combined with Italian Parsley is a great combination.?
I guess you now know there is an image stabilizer on all smart phones and video recorders? ;)?
Great vid. very cool!!! Thank You >>>?
Love that idea. I wonder how those would work for strawberries.?
I would love you forever if you did an apartment tour ? love that blue gray paint!?
Great video, thank you!?