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DSC01852.jpg	142,117 640 x 853	[1] So I noticed the spouting looked clogged. I go around to the back of the house to get the ladder. Looking at it, I think "There's no way in hell I'm standing on that." Two of the legs are rotted a bit and the steps didn't seem stable at all. So I figured it was time to pitch it. Then I thought... I bet I can re-purpose it! I looked around to see what other materials I had available...

DSC01853.jpg	110,768 640 x 853	[2] ... Some spouting that was ripped off the house during a bad snow/ice storm.. Was going to take them to the recyclers for money (aluminum) but I started to think... An old ladder.. Some spouting.. I have a couple of busted wood shelves.. I know! An Herb Ladder!

DSC01854.jpg	138,868 640 x 853	[3] I started by cutting the spouting into decent sizes that would fit on the ladder rungs.

DSC01855.jpg	95,932 640 x 853	[4] I then Made a template for the side pieces (so all the dirt wouldn't fall out of the spouting segments :) ) I used the top of a margarine container for the template since it was thick plastic and could be used to trace out several patterns on to the shelve.

DSC01856.jpg	119,638 640 x 853	[5] I sectioned the shelve into 3 pieces and used a couple of hand vices to hold them together. Since I really suck bad at using a hand saw, I figured cutting 3 at a time would not only save time, but help limit the screw ups. These are the finished end pieces. I didn't need them to be a perfect fit, since I figured any misshapen areas would just help with water drainage.

DSC01857.jpg	91,183 640 x 853	[6] These are the spouting segments with the end caps screwed into place. Now to attach them to the ladder.

DSC01858.jpg	193,705 640 x 853	[7] Here is the finished "Herb Ladder". The gallon jugs will be filled with water once it's moved into place to help weight it down against wind storms. Now to fill the spouting with dirt and get planting! The only things I bought for this project was a bag of 100 screws. Since I wasn't sure if I had enough at home that were short and thick enough with a large enough flat head. .So since the ladder, spouting, and wood shelves were all recycled/re-purposed material, I only spent $1.98 for this project. I love finding new uses for old stuff.

DSC01859.jpg	209,354 640 x 853	[8] I was able to shake off enough dirt from the grass squares I removed to dig my onion garden to fill all the spouting segments and still had some dirt leftover. So all spouting segments are filled with dirt, gallon jugs are filled with water. Kinda wishing I would have put it in the back yard yard to get more sun. With the dirt and water... it ain't moving. lol. I doubt wind will knock it over and I really doubt someone is going to pick it up and walk away with it. lol

DSC01860.jpg	218,000 640 x 853	[9] The old 'shelf' on the back of the later was completely toasted. So I removed what was left of it and screwed on what was left of the shelf. I know I should have trimmed off the jagged side, but I was too lazy to dig the saw out again. lol That, and I care more about functionality than looks.

DSC01863.jpg	194,252 640 x 853	[10] While cleaning up I had a few end caps and a small segment of spouting left over. I didn't use it before because it was bent. So I bent it back into shape the best I could, attached end caps, filled it with dirt, and put it up on the back shelf. Why not. More space. Since there was a few more Jalapeno pepper plants coming up in the one basket, I moved one of them into the end of that new section. In the middle I stuck a strawberry plant. Going to try and grow those. See how it does.

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