GUTTER GARDEN UPGRADE - Make the most of your wall space!

What sunnies are you wearing. Which Oakleys. Holbrook. Frogskin?

Another great video 👍 your girls are lovely 😍 We too have 3 daughters and our youngest is also called Rosa 😀

Brilliant.

You asked about irrigation, last year I brought this timer from amazon Omorc Automatic Water Timer

Which I have found to be excellent and the rest of the bits and pieces I purchased from ' easy garden irrigation ' who where super helpful.

Waiting to see the recommended watering systems here in the comments!!! Need both a smaller and larger system myself!! Nice job Tim, looks fab as always. Agreed on the Osmo on the horizontals, I need to sand mine back and go with a hard wood varnish this summer.

We did automatic watering on our veggie patch last summer and never really understood at what time the water came on but the veg were fine. However our water bill was over the top so this year we will only be using it when absolutely necessary.

That’s pretty cool!!!

“We always wear nice dresses when we’re gardening.” :-)

Compost tea. HAHAHA

I did this at the front of the house with flowers which got absolutely roasted and died. My lettuce and kale have flourished from being in a slightly shadier spot with more reliable watering..!

Brilliant idea and so simple. I'm going out to buy some guttering & plants!

slug hand, that was hilarious

you got three girls for auto watering.!!!

just want it noted if you ran your hand down my leg pretending it was a slug I would have screamed louder and in a higher pitched voice than your daughter... Mind you I would have then punched you :D so swings and roundabouts :D

Is there enough depth in the guttering for lettuce etc? I was going to build some slightly deeper troughs but this is obviously easier/ faster.

What brand of guttering is it, looking to redo the guttering on the house this summer?

This is a great idea. It's also so lovely to see all the family working together and making lovely memories. The girls will be very handy too when they are older. They won't need to rely on other people to do things for them. I have been the same growing up. I built brick retaining walls in my parents garden at 15 years old and now I can do most DIY projects myself from plumbing, tiling, plastering etc. I had my own handywoman business a few years ago and loved it. I love to watch all your vlogs.

Really like this, we're doing an extension in a few years time and the planners have insisted on a 100mm step back on a South facing wall, so I was planning to move my strawberries onto that wall in a similar way. I quite like the idea of using vertical drain pipe and some sort of hydroponic-like setup, though not sure what exactly. With strawberries I'd want to avoid the need to replace the compost as they use all the nutrients so the plants can stay in for a few years. So if you could sort out some sort of watering/feeding system, possibly Arduino controlled using moisture sensors for me to copy, that would be ace! More seriously, I think I would use micro-drip on a timer to start with, then if you need a challenge look at setting the timer duration to be controlled by something basic like the days' temperature.

The middle daughter had a look at one point that said, " I'm totally going to climb this when he's not around."

Hi, noticed you're using the Wickes compost. Last year Wickes compost was fine, but this year it's a fiber bark-like consistency that forms a rock-hard surface. Hopefully, flowers will be fine, but worth you keeping an eye out for as they may need feeding to compensate for the poor quality of the compost.

Galvanised guttering is gorgeous. Its a shame my house is 1980’s, id love it. But it just would t look right

Only looks right on character properties

Where did you get the galvanised guttering from Tim?

good job guys

I loved the look on the younger girls face, when you reminded them they dropped the soil in their hair the last time. I couldn't quite figure out if she was remembering in horror or thinking of doing it to her sister again.

Nice vid as usual. I’ve use 1/2 garden hose as a spine with 6mm tubes as final distribution. Mine’s all for specific containers, but for yours, leaky hose might be better. Hoselock timers work well. Charles

drip irrigation is your water solution. it really does work. just be careful to pick drippers that don't add t much water at any one time. Hozelock is excellent. use the 4mm piping and small drippers twice a day at dawn and dusk.

Great idea - why mount them so high? The oak shiplap would look great on the soffit.

Great job and love to see the girls & Jo getting stuck in.

fantastic

You have a beautiful family,and the wall turned out great!

In NZ we have a black soak hose which would be inconspicuous along the back of your gutters, It is made of a material that when you turn the tap on the hose 'sweats' along its length. Great for this sort of watering. Put a simple battery operated timer in the line and the system can self water whenever you need it to, maybe twice every 24 hours for 5 mins or so each time?

Strawberry plants!

no, no, no, don't do that. said every dad in the world 8-)

I see you used the Christmas tree decorating method of moving plants when the girls aren’t looking. I still catch the wife doing that with me.

Hows the pizza garden coming along this year

You know it's only time before girls get the larger ladder and go for it

Nice one Tim. Not an expert but just a thought, if you put a layer of bark on the soil it should help retain moisture and provide some additional nutrients?

Cover with mulch to start. That’ll help limit any evaporation. Good job though.

Finally sunshine….and the family are back…wall looked good great video❤️🙋🏻‍♀️🇬🇧💕jane

Superb

😯Did I just witness tim throwing the girls compost potion away ...No yes no yes no yes Nooooooooo , cut scene due to crying kids 😄

That is the best use of a dead space that ever seen, really good to see the family getting involved.
P.S 😂 nnnnnnnnnnooooooooo I can’t believe she used the drill as a hammer,

Fantastic idea 👌

Hey Tim, if Osmo isn't ideal for horizontal surfaces, do you have an alternative recommendation? I'll be looking to stain some sleepers in my future garden and want the golden warm wood look.

Love the idea and will do something like that! Thanks 😊

This looks great and I may try something similar on the side of the house. I've just installed a drip irrigation system to our greenhouse and veg beds, got one of the cheap £20 ones from Amazon and was pleasantly suprised, went together easily and has been doing the job nicely. Just need to add a timer now, the simple Kingfisher one gets pretty good ratings.

love the way youtwo involve the kids,,,,,,,your great parents!

I never would have thought of this. Awesome idea 💡

You forgot to drill drainage holes in the pipes also teach your children be self sufficient self sustainable by growing herbs and salads .
Use sea weed fertiliser and apple cider vinegar to spray on crop to stop green fly ect