by admin | Dec 31, 2020 | Barrel Garden
This garden barrel offers 22 square feet of growing space in a 4 square footprint. On wheels, it can be moved to catch the best angle of the sun. Inside, a clay reservoir called an olla holds water which seeps slowly out allowing even watering. Fits on most backyard...
by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Four Season 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,...
by admin | Jul 17, 2016 | 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...
by admin | Jul 17, 2016 | 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...
by admin | Jul 17, 2016 | 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...
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