They re a smart replacement for the typical wooden raised beds because they re sturdy and last a long time.
Water trough garden beds.
Cut down on maintenance like watering and weeding with this compact garden.
12 trough planter in a parking lot jean mcweeny of state by state gardening wrote about urban folks and apartment dwellers using troughs as planters.
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.
Metal water troughs are just large containers in your garden and they should be treated the same as other container gardens.
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.
At a height of 24 inches each trough provides a luxurious depth of soil to promote root growth of vegetables and herbs.
This galvanized trough is the perfect size for a small planter.
I don t have city water on my rural farm so we rely on a rain catchment system instead.
Drip water slowly into the basin refilling as it seeps through until water is left standing on the surface.
Less weeding low maintenance and simple to set up.
Water must be able to drain out of the containers or they will get flooded moldy and your plants and their roots could rot.
The metal water troughs i purchased have drainage holes at the bottom.