[permaculture] vegetable growing on second level
Jennifer Richter
payupalice at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 25 17:05:02 EDT 2008
Hi Trudy
I'm trying to get a mental picture of what you're thinking of... I think your idea of the muslin for shading is a good one (I'm also an Austinite), and I recently used shredded newspaper to mulch a plant that needed to hold water in the soil better.
Have you thought about sort of putting the platform up like shelves - braced from the bottom with some of the fence scraps?
Also, vining veggies (like cucumber) might be a good option, some trellising could support some of the weight, and they would need less overall space
Jenn
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:49:38 -0500> From: tredding at mail.utexas.edu> To: permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org> CC: neighbornet at yahoogroups.com> Subject: [permaculture] vegetable growing on second level> > I need ideas, west side of 2 story duplex, I would like to build some> sort of porch that is just for growing vegetables as I have to regularly> trim the trees on the west side and south side to keep the solar panels> in the sun, therefore I have lots of spare sun on the west side, in> order to shade the house and grow edibles, I am looking for ideas about> portable plant tables, etc to make use of this small area at second> story level so we can still get around on the ground below. Any> pictures, ideas for a hot, 50% of the time humid, 50% of the time dry> climate with long hot summers? I am hoping to use wood scraps, an old> metal frame from a window, some ranch fencing scraps, etc> > This portable "porch" would not necessarily be something I would walk> on, but may be strung between the north side's real porch and the south> side's real porch and would need some sort of lever or closure for> occasional high winds. I have 2 sets of wood shutters that might be> useful in some way. Ideas? Pot size? dept of dirt? What will grow?> Container vegetables don't work well unless you are home twice a day to> water them in this climate, so the deeper the dirt, a the bigger the> container, seems more practical, I guess I could use white muslin for> partial shade over something like I do over baby trees for the first two> years of their life, old dress shirts work, right now I have scaffolding> up there for repainting the house after the storm and that is what gave> me the idea.> > Trudie > > 512-471-8044> > > > _______________________________________________> permaculture mailing list> permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org> Subscribe or unsubscribe here:> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture> Google command to search archives:> site:http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture searchstring> >
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