| 摘要 |
A planter in the form of a tower planter having an internal vertical composting capability is provided. The planter has a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel with a plurality of openings formed about its cylindrical side. A hollow inner cylindrical composting tube having a plurality of perforations formed in its cylindrical wall is provided. The space formed between the inner tube and barrel wall is filled with growing medium such as potting soil. The inner tube is filled with compost material. A plurality of worms is added to the inner tube compost material. Water is added to the inner tube and barrel on a daily basis. Plants are inserted into the outer barrel side openings. A removable container is placed at the bottom of the tube and barrel, said container adapted to capture water draining out from the tube and barrel, as well as periodically receiving compost from the compost tube. The key feature of the present invention is an interior vertical perforated chamber within a vertical exterior chamber in which garden plants are grown. The interior chamber provides a composting means, which provides compost that may be recovered and used in other planting environments. |
| 主权项 |
1. A composting garden container, comprising:
a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel having a bottom from which a cylindrical side wall extends vertically upward to an open top, said barrel being generally cylindrical in shape, said barrel having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of said barrel, said barrel top, bottom and sidewall defining a barrel interior, said barrel sidewall having a plurality of generally circumferential openings formed therein, extending from the barrel interior through said barrel sidewall, said barrel bottom having a plurality of drainage holes and a central circular aperture; and an inner, vertical, cylindrical compost tube concentrically positioned within said barrel interior, said compost tube having an open bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall extends vertically upward to an open top, said compost tube being generally cylindrical in shape, said compost tube having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of said compost tube and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the barrel, said compost tube top, bottom and sidewall defining a compost tube interior, said compost tube sidewall having a plurality of perforations formed therein, extending from the compost tube interior through said compost tube sidewall. |
