This is a great idea. It's also so lovely to see all the family working together and making lovely memories. The girls will be very handy too when they are older. They won't need to rely on other people to do things for them. I have been the same growing up. I built brick retaining walls in my parents garden at 15 years old and now I can do most DIY projects myself from plumbing, tiling, plastering etc. I had my own handywoman business a few years ago and loved it. I love to watch all your vlogs.

Fantastic idea 👌

That's going to look amazing when all the plants grow out. Love it!!

I never would have thought of this. Awesome idea 💡

Waiting to see the recommended watering systems here in the comments!!! Need both a smaller and larger system myself!! Nice job Tim, looks fab as always. Agreed on the Osmo on the horizontals, I need to sand mine back and go with a hard wood varnish this summer.

Yes!!!😊 I long for day when all gardens are bee friendly 🐝

Great job and love to see the girls & Jo getting stuck in.

Brilliant idea and so simple. I'm going out to buy some guttering & plants!

You have a beautiful family,and the wall turned out great!

Love the idea and will do something like that! Thanks 😊

Finally sunshine….and the family are back…wall looked good great video❤️🙋🏻‍♀️🇬🇧💕jane

That’s pretty cool!!!

Great little helpers

love the way youtwo involve the kids,,,,,,,your great parents!

This looks great and I may try something similar on the side of the house. I've just installed a drip irrigation system to our greenhouse and veg beds, got one of the cheap £20 ones from Amazon and was pleasantly suprised, went together easily and has been doing the job nicely. Just need to add a timer now, the simple Kingfisher one gets pretty good ratings.

Brilliant.

That is the best use of a dead space that ever seen, really good to see the family getting involved. P.S 😂 nnnnnnnnnnooooooooo I can’t believe she used the drill as a hammer,

good job guys

Back of the drill hammer! We’ve all done it 😂

Nice vid as usual. I’ve use 1/2 garden hose as a spine with 6mm tubes as final distribution. Mine’s all for specific containers, but for yours, leaky hose might be better. Hoselock timers work well. Charles

Strawberry plants!

drip irrigation is your water solution. it really does work. just be careful to pick drippers that don't add t much water at any one time. Hozelock is excellent. use the 4mm piping and small drippers twice a day at dawn and dusk.

Great idea. Was just about to throw some gutters. Now will make a nice planter. Cheers for the idea.

Superb

fantastic

Another great video 👍 your girls are lovely 😍 We too have 3 daughters and our youngest is also called Rosa 😀

I'm sure the local Bees and other wildlife will love it.

I loved the look on the younger girls face, when you reminded them they dropped the soil in their hair the last time. I couldn't quite figure out if she was remembering in horror or thinking of doing it to her sister again.

In NZ we have a black soak hose which would be inconspicuous along the back of your gutters, It is made of a material that when you turn the tap on the hose 'sweats' along its length. Great for this sort of watering. Put a simple battery operated timer in the line and the system can self water whenever you need it to, maybe twice every 24 hours for 5 mins or so each time?

Really like this, we're doing an extension in a few years time and the planners have insisted on a 100mm step back on a South facing wall, so I was planning to move my strawberries onto that wall in a similar way. I quite like the idea of using vertical drain pipe and some sort of hydroponic-like setup, though not sure what exactly. With strawberries I'd want to avoid the need to replace the compost as they use all the nutrients so the plants can stay in for a few years. So if you could sort out some sort of watering/feeding system, possibly Arduino controlled using moisture sensors for me to copy, that would be ace! More seriously, I think I would use micro-drip on a timer to start with, then if you need a challenge look at setting the timer duration to be controlled by something basic like the days' temperature.

The middle daughter had a look at one point that said, " I'm totally going to climb this when he's not around."

What's it like doing guttering when it's warm? I thought it was the law that you could only do it when it is cold and wet, so that the clips really hurt your fingers.

Great idea - why mount them so high? The oak shiplap would look great on the soffit.

Nice one Tim. Not an expert but just a thought, if you put a layer of bark on the soil it should help retain moisture and provide some additional nutrients?

Hey Tim, if Osmo isn't ideal for horizontal surfaces, do you have an alternative recommendation? I'll be looking to stain some sleepers in my future garden and want the golden warm wood look.

We did automatic watering on our veggie patch last summer and never really understood at what time the water came on but the veg were fine. However our water bill was over the top so this year we will only be using it when absolutely necessary.

Hi, noticed you're using the Wickes compost. Last year Wickes compost was fine, but this year it's a fiber bark-like consistency that forms a rock-hard surface. Hopefully, flowers will be fine, but worth you keeping an eye out for as they may need feeding to compensate for the poor quality of the compost.

You asked about irrigation, last year I brought this timer from amazon Omorc Automatic Water Timer Which I have found to be excellent and the rest of the bits and pieces I purchased from ' easy garden irrigation ' who where super helpful.

I did this at the front of the house with flowers which got absolutely roasted and died. My lettuce and kale have flourished from being in a slightly shadier spot with more reliable watering..!

😯Did I just witness tim throwing the girls compost potion away ...No yes no yes no yes Nooooooooo , cut scene due to crying kids 😄

“We always wear nice dresses when we’re gardening.” :-)

Glad I’m not the only one with bent masonry bits 🤣

slug hand, that was hilarious

Is there enough depth in the guttering for lettuce etc? I was going to build some slightly deeper troughs but this is obviously easier/ faster.

You forgot to drill drainage holes in the pipes also teach your children be self sufficient self sustainable by growing herbs and salads . Use sea weed fertiliser and apple cider vinegar to spray on crop to stop green fly ect

always like the guitar music 04:06 onwards - is this just generic sample music?

What sunnies are you wearing. Which Oakleys. Holbrook. Frogskin?

I see you used the Christmas tree decorating method of moving plants when the girls aren’t looking. I still catch the wife doing that with me.

What brand of guttering is it, looking to redo the guttering on the house this summer?

Where did you get the galvanised guttering from Tim?

Cover with mulch to start. That’ll help limit any evaporation. Good job though.

Galvanised guttering is gorgeous. Its a shame my house is 1980’s, id love it. But it just would t look right Only looks right on character properties

Compost tea. HAHAHA

you got three girls for auto watering.!!!

Hows the pizza garden coming along this year

Why put plastic on the workshop and metal on the wall

You know it's only time before girls get the larger ladder and go for it

no, no, no, don't do that. said every dad in the world 8-)