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DIY Homestead Garden Towers

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Growing plants vertically in closely spaced garden towers maximizes food production
Growing plants vertically in closely spaced garden towers maximizes food production

I’ve seen garden towers gaining in popularity over the last two years or so but didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to them because of concern about chemicals leaching from the plastic. Richard, a long time reader, explained how a whole garden of closely spaced towers would produce a huge quantity of food in a small area such as a backyard garden where space is often limited. Instead of using plastic, the planters could be made out of safer materials such as terracotta, ferrocement or metal at far lower cost.

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