My latest gardening experiment

[katemonkey]

I knitted a small hanging planter to go on my fence.

Because most of my back garden is concrete, I need to use a lot of nontraditional concepts for gardening. I could do the traditional hanging baskets, but I can knit, and I had twine, and I wanted to see what was possible.

It had a plastic bag as the liner, with a hole in the bottom for drainage.

I don't know how long it'll last. I'm assuming it won't last through a harsh winter, but, to be fair, I doubt the plant will last past the first frost either.

So, if it works, I'll write it up as a knitting pattern. And I'll make a bunch for all over my fence and plant a lot of long trailing basket-based flowers. Or strawberries - I'm thinking strawberries could be a really interesting thing to put into something like this.

(I also love the fact that I can cross-post this in knitting as well as gardening...)

Edit: You can find the pattern on my site now.

Comments

;-)

[elke_tanzer]

Very cool!

I sometimes wonder how pouch-planters like that would weather if they were made from plarn (yarn made from strips of plastic grocery bags), but at my current apartment it's not a workable option.

Please keep us posted on how your planter fares!

Re: ;-)

[katemonkey]

Unfortunately, nowadays, most plastic bags are made from biodegradable stuff, which just turns into little fluffy bits of nothing really quickly, so plarn isn't as great as an option as it could be.

However, I think I might try some nice nylon twine or something equally synthetic - that might last a lot longer and it's in a lot more colours.