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...
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
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 multiple...
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
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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. This one is...
Self-Watering Balcony Garden
This garden was built on the 14 floor of a balcony facing south/west. The hot, dry sun baked the previous garden and a weekend away meant dead plants. This custom self-watering garden solved the problem. A waterproof seal in the bottom of the garden...