Final Fall Planting on my Fire Escape Garden

Oct

2009

Final Fall Planting on my Fire Escape Garden

For my final fall planting I went big. The way I should've from the beginning.

On one side there are four soda bottles and one coffee container planter.

The other side has six hanging planters made out of soda bottles.

Also have lettuce planted in a Dr. Bronner's container.

The self watering containers and hanging soda bottle planters.

Now I got my final fall planting done on my fire escape garden. I had a bunch of lettuce leftover from my fall planting in my backyard vegetable garden. Didn’t have much room for any more self watering containers, so I made more hanging planters.

This time I used soda bottles, a Dr. Bronner’s gallon container and a coffee container.

I have a lot more space on the fire escape than I originally thought. This is definitely good to know for next spring. It’s all part of the learning process, and I see the garden much differently now than I did back in May.

All said and done I have three self watering containers, 10 soda bottle planters, 1 Dr. Bronner’s planter and a coffer container planter.

The next step is to figure out how to extend the lives of these as the weather gets colder.

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EarthMother - In The Raw

You give new meaning to the term "urban jungle." :D

LOVE seeing all the new growth, Mike! Really, amazing. And, oh so, inspiring.

No risk of the deer and rabbits noshing on your greens! Tell me, what do the neighbors think ? Have any of them been inspired to start their own fire escape salad bar?

Mike Lieberman

LOL. Welcome to the jungle baby. Hoping that this does indeed inspire people. I've seen a few fire escapes growing in walking around my neighborhood. Nothing that I've really noticed in the buildings that I can see from my fire escape.

Most of the people on their fire escapes indulging in a different kind of green if you know what I mean.

marydelle

You've got some great looking plants on your fire escape. I like the recycling. Although I'm so picky about the look of my garden, that I use all clay pots. I can see those wouldn't be so practical on your fire escape. Keep it up!

Mike Lieberman

Thanks. I could definitely pretty up the soda bottles some, but I'm more about functionality as opposed to aesthetics right now. Aesthetics will be another project :-)

Catherine Burt

I ADORE urban and backyard gardening <3 Nice work, I need to learn more about container gardens :)

Mike Lieberman

What's there to learn? Just do it. That's what I did.

Sylvana

I love your recycled container planters! And your artistic additions to them are wonderful.

Mike Lieberman

Thanks. I made them. My roommate made them pretty since the fire escape out of his room. Definitely lots of ways to get creative with them and good way to get kids involved.

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