Bicycle Window Box- for the Transient Gardener.
by FriendOfHumanity in Outside > Bikes
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Bicycle Window Box- for the Transient Gardener.
A window box for the cyclist who is always on the move, cycle tourist needing nutritious strawberries and beansprouts
or simply for someone without a garden . . . or maybe just a moron like me who cannot get this stupid idea out of his head.
or simply for someone without a garden . . . or maybe just a moron like me who cannot get this stupid idea out of his head.
Tools Needed
Saw
Hammer/Axe
Drill
Set Square + pen (optional)
Hammer/Axe
Drill
Set Square + pen (optional)
Saw Wood
Get an old pallet and saw it up something like this.
Try to avoid the very knotty parts.
Try to avoid the very knotty parts.
Nail It Together
Nail it together in a box type stylee.
I drilled holes in the outer parts, for the nails, because this cheap wood can split easily.
I drilled holes in the outer parts, for the nails, because this cheap wood can split easily.
Attach to Bike.
Drill holes for zipties and fix the box to your handlebars.
Plant Seeds
Fill with (non-peat) compost and plant seeds.
I eat a lot of hemp and flax (linseed) because of the omega oils; so I went my food cupboard and got a handful of flax.
I did not think that hemp was an option,( I made that mistake last year when I openly grew 20 hemp plants in my garden; I was told that they fall into the same legal status as cannabis)
I eat a lot of hemp and flax (linseed) because of the omega oils; so I went my food cupboard and got a handful of flax.
I did not think that hemp was an option,( I made that mistake last year when I openly grew 20 hemp plants in my garden; I was told that they fall into the same legal status as cannabis)
Wait a Few Weeks.
Read a book, I suggest a Bukowski.
Ride around on your lovely flowery bike avoiding death threats from large men.
These have not flowered yet, (they will be blue, use your imagination.), but I couldn't wait any longer to publish.
Oh yes, keep it well watered; the plants will thrive and the soil won't get thrown out everytime you go up a kerb.
Good Luck,
FriendOfHumanity
UPDATE- Feb 2012-
This Instructable was recently featured in TreeHugger along with some other similar idea that made me smile.
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/mobile-gardening-hot-new-trend-6-ways-bikes-bloom.html
Ride around on your lovely flowery bike avoiding death threats from large men.
These have not flowered yet, (they will be blue, use your imagination.), but I couldn't wait any longer to publish.
Oh yes, keep it well watered; the plants will thrive and the soil won't get thrown out everytime you go up a kerb.
Good Luck,
FriendOfHumanity
UPDATE- Feb 2012-
This Instructable was recently featured in TreeHugger along with some other similar idea that made me smile.
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/mobile-gardening-hot-new-trend-6-ways-bikes-bloom.html