“My decision to grow lettuce vertically was based primarily on my adoption of a new, younger, dog.
I really wanted to be able to harvest something from my garden and sometimes pets make that difficult.
With layers of material to be composted and garden soil, I filled the wire mesh cylinder (lined with weed barrier cloth) almost to the top.
Inserting a drain pipe down the center and filling it with bark before removal created a drainage tube.
I cut holes into the weed barrier cloth and inserted the lettuce that I had started in empty 6-packs.
I also planted a few strawberries…”
