Budget101 Gutter Strawberries

Most gutter systems place the height of the gutters to minimize the strain on the body during picking.

Budget101 gutter strawberries.

So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems. It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system. And so we decided to really change things up and start anew by planting and growing our new strawberry plants in rain gutters. Not to mention the flavor of home grown strawberries can never compare to store bought strawberries.

Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw. How to grow strawberries in a small space. Rain gutters can be mounted to the side of decks or vertically to the side of your house or shed to create a strawberry wall a rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size. With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil.

Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas. A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries. Here s an interesting way to grow strawberries fill an old rain gutter with soil plant the berries harvest them as the overhang.

Complete money saving resource for drastically reducing the grocery bill do it yourself projects homemade money saving mixes recipes gift ideas and more. Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect. Jan 5 2020 a huge collection of our favorite things shared through our facebook page over the years. See more ideas about over the years clone recipe dirt cheap meals.

The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries. While strawberry plants generally comes back and produce for 3 4 years before they are done we managed to squeeze one more year out of ours. In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.