Growing Vertical Lettuce

 


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“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…”

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In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...


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