Water Trough Garden Beds

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.

Water trough garden beds.

Choose a level sunny spot fill with dirt or pots plants and seeds. I don t have city water on my rural farm so we rely on a rain catchment system instead. This galvanized trough is the perfect size for a small planter. 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. At a height of 24 inches each trough provides a luxurious depth of soil to promote root growth of vegetables and herbs. Metal water troughs are just large containers in your garden and they should be treated the same as other container gardens. Water troughs or stock tanks as they re also called make fabulous gardening beds.

Cut down on maintenance like watering and weeding with this compact garden. The metal water troughs i purchased have drainage holes at the bottom. They re a smart replacement for the typical wooden raised beds because they re sturdy and last a long time. You can place galvanized troughs within larger garden beds to separate and prevent crawling plants from taking over your garden.

These unique raised bed planters look like galvanized watering troughs but they are durable embossed metal that easily bolts together.