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Urban Greenhouse

Urban Greenhouse

Building a greenhouse in Burlington ON.   This greenhouse is uncovered from May to October. Then the plastic covering comes down to contain solar heat. Once covered, the inside temperature often reaches 25-30 degrees C on sunny winter days.  This warm,...
Pallet Garden

Pallet Garden

This garden has a hugelkultur core –  a mound of buried wood inside that slowly decomposes creating a moist, fungally rich core that holds water, feeding and watering the plants. This garden was featured in “Homestead and Survival”. Make a fence with...
Farm Garden Wall

Farm Garden Wall

This farm garden wall, build at Headwaters Farm in Colbourg, ON, is based on permaculture principles. See Video. 100 linear feet becomes 1,700 feet of planting surface. The wall is built beside the barn where water can be collected and diverted along the top of the...
Self-Watering Cube Garden

Self-Watering Cube Garden

  Click on the photo to see how this garden is put together. Stabilize bin on stone base Put plastic milk crates in base to create water reservoir. Cover plastic crates with landscape cloth. Add a sand base to wick the water up to the soil. Add an organic core of...
Cube Garden

Cube Garden

The “Garden Cube” makes a 4 ft X 4 ft footprint but with 4 sides as well as a top for planting, it offers 80 sq ft of planting area and produces a great deal of food.  There is a huglekultur core of logs, sticks, leaves and compost.  Then comes the soil. ...