We picked up one rain gutter that was 10' long and cut it in half. Then attached those gutters to the chainlink fence each at an angle. When water is poured in and pools at the end, it drips down to the next level as we drilled 2 holes there. The idea is to recycle the water over and over so that we're not wasting the resource.
Then inside the gutters, we've placed our jiffy pod seed starters. They will soak up the water as it flowes through. I'm not sure if these small pods will be big enough to grow big plants. If not - we do have an option to purchase the larger pods and try those out.
Now we placed these glass stones inside as well. That is to slow the water and give the pods some time to soak up the water. Plus they look nice as well.
Hoping that this crazy system works and provides a nice pest free area to grow our herbs... And maybe strawberries? If so - we have placed bird netting over the top of the fence and it drapes down to the ground as you can see in some of the photos.
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