Chef Jim's Plans
OK, here goes! I'm not real good at this so let me know if you think I forgot something.
First the things you need, some kind of a box. Mine are a little smaller than the original Earthbox so you can't put as much in them. I got the box at HD cause that's all I could find. The wife loves them so they must be good.
Notice the hole I drilled, it is placed at the height of the grate that will go in the box. Drill it after you have everything assembled.
Next is the guts. I used a thin sheet of black pvc, Whatever you can find. I drilled holes for drainage and cut a square out at the diagonal corners.
Then the same material for the top with two 2 in. keyholes for the plants. Three or four pieces
of 4 in. pvc pipe. For this box 1 1/4 wide and then cut in half. you will use this to support the bottom grate.
Next is piece of thinwall pipe 1 1/4, your fill pipe. Thin wall makes it easy to fill the reservoir.
Glue the pvc pieces to the bottom of the box. Just random to support the grate.
Now put the bottom grate in and gage where the top is and then drill the hole right at that level. Then insert the fill pipe in the same side as the hloe you just drilled. That's so you can see when water starts to come out and you can let go of the hose or what ever it is you art going to use to water it.
Next add potting soil almost to the top. At that point I mix in some vermiculite and cover with more soil.
Then make a trough in the soil for fertilizer and add some slow release stuff, then cover with dirt.
Now you should water the dirt from the top and add water in the reservoir till it runs out the hole.
You are now ready to plant whatever. I used the same pvc as in the grate for the top, but you can use anything. If you are in a colder climate use a black garbage bag, in warmer climates you might want to use white.
The purpose of the top cover is to keep out weeds etc I supose mulch would work also.
Some of the finished products. An original earthbox with a blueberry plant in the middle. Stuff around it is seeds planted for the next boxes. Pole beans and Cucumbers.
Tomatoes planted about 4 weeks ago.
Herbs in the kitchen window.
Zuccini from seed.
And peppers just started this week. Don't know if you can see it but there are pineapples on the outside.
And for whoever mentioned that they are hard to move, you're darn right, so I put them on a board with casters. Almost killed me when we had the freeze here in sunny Florida
Just add water.:clap2::clap2::clap2: