efficient use of space, materials, time, etc. we would have no art, no whimsy . . . we would all be shakers . . . or worse.



... besides,




this design



cuts through the water so much better.

LOL! "cuts through the water". Well played.

It is artistic. I've seen pictures of old toilets being used as planters (some of which resulted in complaints) and a house around here turned an old electric Little Tykes jeep into a planter.

The "efficiency" thing was simply an observation of the proximity of the sidewalk and curb, a sign that the yard is likely rather small, but as I also said in the post, perhaps they don't need anymore space than that.

didn't mean to sound like I was dumping on you or was out to capsize the point you made LOL

You always have something insightful to say, so keep talking, mime.

I take that very seriously, especially with gardens. We grow a lot of our own food and the potpies my wife made from scratch last night included potatoes we harvested in September - they're still good!

As soon as I can get outside I am going to set ours up.

http://artofnaturalliving.com/2011/05/01/the-lazy-persons-potato-garden/

http://www.sunset.com/garden/fruits-veggies/how-to-grow-potatoes-in-towers-00418000068323/page2.html

like it makes a small footprint to me and a great recycle idea.

So how is it not an efficient use of space?

It's still cute, but a tiered box would provide more growing space. Then again, maybe they don't need anymore space than that.

Beats tossing it into a landfill.

My mom used to turn anything into planters. She even took her dad's old fiddle (violin) and turned it into a planter!