Water Trough Garden Beds

The metal water troughs i purchased have drainage holes at the bottom.

Water trough garden beds.

Choose a level sunny spot fill with dirt or pots plants and seeds. These unique raised bed planters look like galvanized watering troughs but they are durable embossed metal that easily bolts together. I don t have city water on my rural farm so we rely on a rain catchment system instead. At a height of 24 inches each trough provides a luxurious depth of soil to promote root growth of vegetables and herbs.

Other recommendations include watering the tree thoroughly after planting. Water must be able to drain out of the containers or they will get flooded moldy and your plants and their roots could rot. Metal water troughs are just large containers in your garden and they should be treated the same as other container gardens. You can place galvanized troughs within larger garden beds to separate and prevent crawling plants from taking over your garden.

This galvanized trough is the perfect size for a small planter. Water troughs or stock tanks as they re also called make fabulous gardening beds. Less weeding low maintenance and simple to set up. Two troughs with a small footprint each is 2 feet wide and 6 feet long sit side by side in the yard behind a san francisco row house in a garden created by designer katey mulligan.

Drip water slowly into the basin refilling as it seeps through until water is left standing on the surface.