Sunday, January 31, 2010



The "birdcage". 3/4" PVC pipe and fittings, green laminated chicken wire, weed cloth, pea stone, 1/2" hardware cloth and automotive zip ties. All joints drilled and zipped together for easy reuse. Overall size 5' x 5' square, 7.5' high, interior soil to ceiling 6' +-, self supporting. Currently sprouting 2 types cucumber, 2 types squash and Swiss chard. Soil prep Canadian peat, dolomite, perlite and organic fertilizers, approximately 20" deep. Soil prep typical of all containers.


Protection from squirrels, peacocks and Cuban Iguana. Fashioned from 3/4" pvc pipe and fittings, 1/2" hardware cloth and automotive zip ties. No glue used, only pressure and wire. Pipes and fittings can be recycled. Overall length 15', inside height from soil to ceiling 35". encloses 12 crates currently sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts and peppers.


Caged Milk Crates lined with weed cloth and 1/2" hardware cloth.

Monday, January 11, 2010



Found Milk Crates, ( see enclosures above )


In Honor of Lunatics & Petty Thieves Everywhere

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Geese

When I realized I wanted to grow an edible garden I was excited and dismayed. Thinking I would need a plot of land for a garden I wasn’t sure what to do. I looked around the neighborhood for empty lots, and everything seemed like way too much work.

Then I remembered a saying my partner often uses; "Coucher Avec Le Oiles" otherwise translated as Sleeping with the Geese. His grandmother used this to describe making do with what you got. Since I didn’t have land for a garden I decided to create a garden above, attached and within the space I have, and in keeping with Geese, decided to build everything out of thrown away junk. I started scavenging and everything here was build with junk I found, and bamboo I cut out of the way to make room for planting...

This is my first edible garden – in, on, and throughout our urban property. Later tonight I’m going back out to scavenge more milk crates to screw to the southern fence.

Thanks go out to a special niece for inspiration!

"Coucher Avec Le Oiles" Thanks Val! This make more sense than most anything I've learned so far!



"My first scavenged material planter


Potato Box with Caged Tomato Boxes


HighRise Planter with Big Silver Trash Can to hold it steady


Tomato Boxes


Cucumber & Squash Box


Scrap & Junk Box


View of a Gecko


At Night


Mellon Bucket


View of a Sparrow


Another view of my favorite junk box


Broken Pot for Sweet Peppers!


Mulch & Compost and maybe Sweet Potatoes in brick stack


For Bush & Pole Beans


Old Wood & Staples



Our Outdoor Shower


Knots


Our Back Yard