A few weeks ago I made a video about my first personal garden and talked through some different constraints and ideas that I had for the space I was working in. You can watch that here.

After reading all of the helpful advice and comments that you guys left, here is the first cart that I made along with the mini model that I used to plan it out. This solution allows me to easily move the cart around based on where the sun is or if there is some other constraint like landscapers needing to get where the cart is parked.

You guys also advised that I use grow bags or buckets since we will need to move the whole setup next year most likely. This tiered design supports the buckets and elevates them slightly.

I am excited to be able to build off of these carts and add some trellis netting etc. off of them when the time comes. A lot of you suggested that I add automated irrigation so I'm going to look into building that in as well. I also think that I will need to beef up the cart and add some bracing once the buckets are loaded down with plants and soil and water etc. but it moves really good right now so we will see.

I saw some examples of this kind of thing out of wood (last picture) but they were stationary and kind of bulky so I came up with this out of conduit instead.

All in all I am happy with this first prototype and plan to build a second one this weekend so I can get plants in place. I'd love to hear what you guys think about it so far! Thanks for all the advice and feedback that you shared after that last video!

Update on 6/5/26: I am posting a video tomorrow that showcases the two finished carts. I've got plants in them now, but there's a small problem. The carts don't roll lol I didn't think through the rear handle design very well. With all of the weight of plants and soil and such the rear handle is under a lot of stress. I was going to address it in this video, but decided that this topic deserved a whole video of its own. I also upgraded the bucket braces by using T Connectors to attach the arm instead of the adjustable angles. It is way stronger and stiffer nowhttps://files-us-east-1.t-cdn.net/files/aH6oGjxzxVEg0VFN5CXXT .