Garden tower install#
Garden tower plus#
Garden tower zip#
Garden tower free#

Potting soil is lighter than the soil you find for ‘in ground’ gardens. It’ll get more as the season progresses (it’s only April when we’re installing it). We videoed in the later part of the afternoon so it looks shady but we knew that the porch corner gets direct sun from the morning into the early afternoon. You want the tower in an area that gets enough sun though… just keep that in mind. I wanted to be able to easily move the tower around so I can weed in the shade or move it to the shade if it’s really hot out so that the plants won’t get too much heat in the worst parts of the summer. We have a deck and the far corner gets a good bit of sun. Apparently people do fine moving it with a dolly on grass. The legs that come with it can be placed on bricks if you want to place it on grass. These casters only work on hard surfaces, like our deck.

Garden tower install#

You want to install this at the beginning, before you build the whole tower. The caster kit (sold separately) was really the hardest part of setting it up as you need some tools (1/2″ and 3/4″ socket) but the products come with really detailed instructions so we had no issues. The caster kit attaches to the bottom so the whole tower will roll. Be very careful with the screen as it’s probably the most fragile part of this setup. You slide the drawer into the bottom and add the compost screen on top. The compost tube sections and the tower rings each have fairly obvious mechanisms to secure them in place. Once the soil is in, you won’t have to worry about the compost tube because the soil will easily hold it in place.

Garden tower zip#

The compost tube is pretty wobbly… we thought we were doing something wrong, but they enclose some zip ties for you to use to secure the tube while you pour in the soil. The main tower’s legs slide in easily, then you stack each tower ring, alternating with adding the middle compost tube sections.

Garden tower free#

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Weeding tool (for the vinyl, not your garden weeds).

Cricut Air 2 (my machine), or if you really want to get fancy, get the new Cricut Maker™.

I like having a short handled shovel for adding soil to the tower.

Blue Hawk Garden Shovel (Lowes) but you can find a small shovel on Amazon too.

And with a 8 month old baby, that’s a good thing. But this should substantially cut down on how much work I have to do this year. In fairness, we do plenty of other gardening and still have lots of weeding between our front gardens and our trellis planters. The whole tower seemed like a great learning experience for my kids too, without as much of work as a whole garden. Also the tower includes an internal cavity for worm composting… and y’all know I love worms and composting. Not only was it a compact way to grow a lot of vegetables and fruits, it looked like the weeding necessary would be minimal. In my search for ideas, I stumbled across the Garden Tower 2 and knew immediately that this was it! The solution to my problems!

Garden tower plus#

I started investigating hydroponics and aquaponics systems but I was concerned about the costs, plus it seemed like a lot of ‘new’ to figure out. They’re really the #1 thing that prevents me from being successful. but then it started to get warm and I started to think about fresh tomatoes and strawberries and digging in the soil.īut WEEDS. In my head, I thought I’d just skip a year and start new next year…. This year I am attempting to seed that area with grass. We mowed the garden at the end of the summer, if you want an idea how bad it was. Last year I went big, but totally let it all go to hell as I was approximately one billion years pregnant and there was no way the weeding was getting done. I end up harvesting about a million cucumbers and that’s the extent of my crop. Solid roots that just hang on for dear life.

And did I mention weeds? We have THE WORST WEEDS. We’re in Maryland so our summers are usually in the 90s and I can’t stand it. Then sometime in July, I absolutely give up because there are tons of weeds and it’s HOT. I spend hours planting everything and prepping the soil. I spend a ridiculous amount of money on gardening supplies, soil, and veggies. I love it so much that every year I get really excited. I only recommend products that I think my audience will like. I try to pass on coupons and other savings in my posts whenever possible. This does not impact the price of your product. If you use those affiliate links, I get a commission on sales. I received a Garden Tower 2 in exchange for my honest review. My 6 year old, helping me plant vegetables in the Garden Tower 2.