Build an Herb Garden Out of a Shipping Palette

The concept is that you water the top plant and it drains through to the plant below that and then to the plant below that.

Tools and Materials Shipping palette
Soda and juice bottles
Razor and scissors
Drill
Wood screws
Rocks
Newspaper

Instructions on how to build the herb garden
Cut the bottom parts of the bottles off.

Screw the first bottle into the top slat. Use two screws spaced out evenly to support the weight.

Crumple up some newspaper and stick in the bottom of the bottle. Put some rocks in the bottom too.

Line the entire inside of the bottle with newspaper to protect the roots and soil from direct sunlight.

Trim off any excess newspaper that's flowing over the top.

If your bottle doesn't reach the slat below, then you will have to reinforce it with something sturdy. I used hangers that I bent out of shape and chopsticks.

Fill the bottles with soil.

Plant seeds or transplants as necessary.

Be sure to put something under the bottom bottle to catch the water.

For more information, please visit www.UrbanOrganicGardener.com.

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• urban
• organic
• gardening
• gardener
• los
• angels
• balcony
• recycle
• herb
• garden
• diy

[ygermino]

i love this idea... will try it growing veggies in our building rooftop... good way to save water

[CanarsieBK]

@ygermino Word. Lemme know what you thinks.

[artregeous]

how ugly it is amazing 

[CanarsieBK]

@artregeous Thanks.

[ninjacup]

Oh I can't wait to do something like this! Never thought of using my plastic bottles like this, awesome idea!

[CanarsieBK]

@ninjacup Nice. Keep me updated on how it goes.

[CanarsieBK]

@xxnoangelxx Nice!

[xxnoangelxx]

Excellent use of recycled materials. This is easy to do. On my part I would make it more esthetically pleasing to the eye. I made my yard to make more park or zen like think Brooklyn B garden. So I would use the same size bottles and a different type maybe coconut fiber and soil.I want it to look good to. I slacked off on Gardening this past season because of new look of my back yard. I found 4 earthboxes on clearance and will use them in the spring. I did grow herbs and tomatoes & peppers.

[CanarsieBK]

@moktail They held up to the weather here. Not sure about the how they would fare it temps that were regularly over 100 or so.