cleo, The 2 'Tainers are just used to "incubate" the seedlings outside, for the next 30 days, or so. Then I put 2 plants per 31 gallon container. The pipe is to send water to the reservoir underneath the plant base. See this link for additional info. Raybo Here is a link that might be useful: EarthTainer II WaterMizer Edition Guide

Amazing! Will there be an appendix added to the Earthtainer PDF on how you pulled this breathtaking garden off this year? I think you've got the magic formula!!- part of that formula might be matching the right plants to the right climate, but regardless this is the most impressive container crop I have ever seen. Out here in Sacramento both of my Bell Pepper plants died this season :( - we recently had 5 days of triple digit weather so that is suspect no1, but I am happy for anyone's feedback since Im new to gardening (my first season). As the picture shows I used a clear plastic bag instead of a black plastic bag. I often see beads of moisture drops under the plastic, could this be breeding harmful mold? And if so how is it any different from using a black trashbag? I used clear because we have a lot of triple digit days here in Sacramento, attached a pic.

Out on walkabout today, testing out my new camera. Found some neat new critters.

Congratulations to you too! It looks like we're both moving along! Now let's race...whose cabinets will be in first?? ;-) We're not planning to actually start demo until March, though. We're going with EXPO Design Center and they're already booked up through February. They give their Christmas install customers the option to wait until January...so those of us who come after have to wait. But, that's OK with me since I don't relish doing all this work in the winter since we plan on using the outdoor grill for a lot of our cooking while we're kitchenless! The weather should start warming up by mid to late March and we'll go through spring (~4 months). Good luck!