Alright. Spring was normal, meaning it got hot, and then froze, and then got hot, and then froze again. It makes it difficult to create a garden in the springtime.
So, I grabbed some PVC 1/2" PVC pipe fittings and pipe (nothing threaded, because I want to be able to put it into a box at the end of the season). The lengths of the cuts were determined by the planter bins. It just pushes together, and bingo - a grow rack. I made three levels - each one has four 90 degree elbows, 12 tee's, and a few sections of pipe made to fit. With it pressed together, I needed to add some grow lights. I picked up some grow lights off of Amazon, and needed a way to anchor them.
With 1/2" pipe fittings, I grabbed a 1 1/4" PVC pipe, and I put a slit up the pipe lengthwise long enough to cut off pieces for my flat adapter (but not all the way, because I didn't want it collapsing on the table saw blade and ripping it out of my hands - that would have been a bloody mess). I then sliced off 2" lengths of that.
The pieces around the slot were then heated and bent to form some "half pipes" with a flange. That flange was then drilled. I sliced up a cutting board (DO NOT USE A TABLE SAW FOR THIS) to get lengths, and then drilled those to match. They got screwed together.
I could then clip everything together and fire it up :
I know I'm about a month or two late, but next year should give us a garden early.
While there, I ran some 1/4" tube to automagically water the hanging flower pots.
These have valves to turn off individual off shoots, so it is perfectly controllable. Garden ... check!
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