3 Easy Ways to Save Space Using Vertical Gardening

Encourage plants to GROW UP using vertical gardening. If you are working with a small space to grow plants, you can follow these three DIY tips to save space and keep your garden sustainable. Try towers for raspberries, pyramid planters for strawberries, and trellises for bean plants.

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[acaciasillie]

this video is awesome. I have my cucumbers under a clothesline and made it a trellis with some wood pieces, with nails in random places, and string tied to the clothesline. They are about 5 ft now. I love how they grow and ties itself up. I'm from Wisconsin but I live in Houston Texas now! totally different gardening now.

[laggytim]

I live on the 4th floor. That's what i call vertical gardening!

[Kilbot]

I've taken up gardening for the first time this year. I started 7 tomato plants in 7 different pots and I was growing them all vertically on a 5 ft tall stake. After a few of them started falling over (more than a few times) I decided to circle them around a big shepherd's hook pot hanger thing and I just tie them to that in a big bush. It's about 6 ft tall at the moment. I'm going to do a similar setup next year but you can bet that I will not be using pots. If I do, I'll make sure they are bigger than the ones I have now. I underestimated the root growth, but I have had loads of small-medium sized tomatoes.

[BlackCat_]

Soon I will use the rain gutter garden bed method to create hanging garden beds all around my fence. I have a large fenced in yard owned mostly by my dogs so by using the hanging gutters I can have my garden space increased and my dogs can keep their yard space. :D - Heidi

[rovidbouski]

Use sections of gutter for strawberries. They are shallow root plants and a zig zag gutter allows you to get 300-400 strawberry plants in 6 square feet of ground space as long as the levels are 14" apart

[nathantonning]

I love bees in the garden (3:56), reminds me that we are not the only hard workers! :)

[amishpope]

I have potatoes in a barrel as an experiment this year. Dad had a masonry business so we made tomato cages with left over wire from concrete jobs. Garden looks great.

[lleberghappy]

Nice!

We used butternut squashes to give us the shade we needed on out south-west fasing glased balcony, the vines grew up the the ceiling early by climbing two lines tied together every 30cm or so. The big leaves gave us hte shade we wanted.. And we got butternut squashes!

[Catesgarden]

I really enjoyed this. Have been very into vertical gardening (initially as an experiment for clients asking how to grow in small spaces) for the past year or so.

[johnnywest]

I live in the south where it gets hot. Wire trellises get pretty hot when in direct sunlight. What I use for my tomatoes and cucumbers is netting. Fishing net or soccer goal netting works great and doesn't' get hot at all. Fishing net can be purchased in varying sizes for different crops as well.

[Bence]

Gosh, your garden grows like crazy. Last time I checked, they just started to grow out :)

[muhilan]

I lived in Madison, Wisconsin for 5 years. I’m in Texas now

[dymondwillow]

i guess we could use anything our imagination can think of for trellises. thanks for the video.

[leapinglemurcraftworks]

I have 6 foot trellises using conduit and plastic netting. I grow tomatoes - yes, 6' tall plus - cakes, melons, tomatillos, beans and some squash. Scott

[juliereis]

If you made the strawberry boxes graduated circles ⭕️ instead you would have even more vertical space 🥰

[yvonnekelton]

I used this system for my BEANS it was more space and when it stormed it kept all my BEANS in place without any damage.🤗😄

[geoffreyexcellent]

Your herb garden fell over and you used French cleats??? That must have been a pretty big storm, Because I would think they would ensure sturdiness since they're wedged in there. Anyway, great video, and I'm glad you see your garden do so well! :)

[phorrestnightshade]

I know this is out of context, but that man with the hat, I like his face. Like what is his skin care routine? Tell him he's attractive lol.

[joshmonster]

My house has a bunch of those green metal u-channel post things with the alternating upward and downward pegs for temporary fences or trellises just hanging around from when we separated our small flower garden from the dogs, so I use that and some reinforced string for my tomatoes.

[tracyenders]

Have you ever considered aquaponics? Definitely container gardens and can make excellent use of vertical space! Plus depending on your climate and back yard set up, you can grow all year long! Even colder climates with use of a green house or solar shed.