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 perfor
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. The inner tube is filled with compost material. 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.
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1. A composting garden container, comprising: a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel having a bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall extends vertically upward to an open top, said barrel being generally cylindrical in shape, said barrel having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to t
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A composting garden container, comprising: a hollow, vertical, outer cylindrical barrel having a bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall 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;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, wherein an internal space adapted to receive a growing medium is formed between the compost tube and the barrel side wall, said compost tube being suspended within the barrel interior by a ring attached to the barrel top, said ring having an inner opening gripping a compost tube side wall exterior near to the compost tube top, wherein the compost tube bottom fits onto the barrel bottom central circular aperture;and a gate slidably sealing said compost tube bottom. 2. A composting garden container as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a removable funnel inserted into said compost tube top;wherein said compost tube is adapted to receive compost material into said compost tube interior. 3. A composting garden container as recited in claim 2, further comprising: a base having a base top on which the barrel bottom may rest, said base having a base bottom from which a cylindrical base sidewall extends vertically upward to said base top, said base being generally cylindrical in shape, said base having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the base bottom and extending from said barrel longitudinal axis, of said base, said base bottom, base top and base side wall defining a base interior. 4. A composting garden container as recited in claim 3, wherein: the base top has a raised central annular section opening into a cavity within the base interior, said base top central annular section adapted to receive the compost tube bottom and be aligned with the barrel bottom circular aperture; andwherein the base top has an upwardly extending perimeter flange, wherein a bottom portion of the barrel sidewall is adapted to fit over the base top perimeter flange. 5. A composting garden container as recited in claim 4, wherein: the base sidewall has a radial opening extending into the base interior cavity;wherein the base is further comprised of a drawer adapted to slide through the sidewall radial opening into the base interior cavity; wherein the base top is further comprised of an aperture between the base top central annular section and the radial opening. 6. A composting garden container as recited in claim 5, wherein: each barrel side wall opening has a lower protruding lip extending outward from a barrel sidewall exterior. 7. 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, the barrel being generally cylindrical in shape, the barrel having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of the barrel, the barrel top, bottom and sidewall defining a barrel interior, the barrel sidewall having a plurality of generally circumferential openings formed therein, extending from the barrel interior through the barrel sidewall, the barrel bottom having a plurality of drainage holes and a central circular aperture;an inner, vertical, cylindrical compost tube concentrically positioned within the barrel interior, the compost tube having an open bottom from which a cylindrical sidewall extends vertically upward to an open top, the compost tube being generally cylindrical in shape, the compost tube having a longitudinal axis generally perpendicular to the bottom of the compost tube and coincident with the longitudinal axis of the barrel, the compost tube top, bottom and sidewall defining a compost tube interior, the compost tube sidewall having a plurality of perforations formed therein, extending from the compost tube interior through the compost tube sidewall;a base on which the barrel bottom rests, said base having a side wall, an interior within the base side wall defining a cavity, and an opening in the base side wall communicating with the cavity;a drawer adapted to slide through the opening in the base side wall and into the cavity so that the drawer has an internal position in which at least part of the drawer is vertically beneath at least one of the compost tube and an interior space of the barrel between the barrel side wall and the compost tube, and wherein the drawer can be withdrawn from the base so that any matter falling into the drawer from at least one of the compost tube and an interior space of the barrel between the barrel side wall and the compost tube can be emptied;a growing medium filling the barrel interior between the barrel sidewall and the compost tube. 8. The composting garden container of claim 7, further comprising: a plurality of plants, each of which is planted in the growing medium in the barrel interior and extends outward through a corresponding one of the plurality of generally circumferential openings formed in the barrel sidewall. 9. The composting garden container of claim 8, further comprising: compost material filling the compost tube interior. 10. The composting garden container of claim 9, further comprising: worms traveling between the compost material in the compost tube interior and the growing medium in the barrel interior. 11. The composting garden container of claim 7, wherein the growing medium comprises potting soil. 12. The composting garden container of claim 7, wherein the growing medium is potting soil. 13. The composting garden container of claim 9, wherein the compost material comprises vegetable and fruit scraps. 14. 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 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;an inner, vertical, cylindrical compost tube positioned within said barrel interior wherein an internal space adapted to receive a rowing medium is formed between the compost tube and the barrel sidewall, said compost tube having an opening bottom from which a sidewall extends upward to an open top, said compost tube top, bottom and sidewall defining a compost tube interior adapted to hold compost, said compost tube sidewall having a plurality of perforations formed therein, extending from the compost tube interior through said compost tube sidewall, wherein the compost tube bottom fits over or into the barrel bottom central circular aperture;and a gate slidable with respect to said compost tube between a closed configuration for holding compost and an open configuration adapted to permit compost within the compost tube and above the gate to drop. 15. A composting garden container as in claim 14, further comprising: a base on which the barrel bottom rests, said base having a side wall, an interior within the base side wall defining a cavity, and an opening in the base side wall communicating with the cavity;a drawer adapted to slide through the opening in the base side wall and into the cavity so that the drawer has an internal position in which at least part of the drawer is vertically beneath at least part of one of the compost tube and an interior space of the barrel sidewall and the compost tube, and wherein the drawer can be withdrawn from the base so that any matter falling into the drawer from at least one of the compost tube and an interior space of the barrel between the barrel side wall and the compost tube can be emptied. 16. A composting garden container as in claim 15, wherein each of the generally circumferential openings in the barrel sidewall has a lower protruding lip extending outward from the barrel sidewall.
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