Pallets compost bin
The frame of recycled cedar posts stacked on concrete pavers to keep the wood off the ground. Coming together: more salvaged and recycled cedar. Former deck stairs create the base.
The $1 garden by Jonathan Nunan
The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and harvest as much food as possible from the plants you grow. You see, sometime last year my mother, Susan, read something somewhere that claimed a tomato cost some incredible amount to grow on your own. Mom—whose plan to build a house out of firewood worked out just fine—made it her mission to grow as much as she could on as small a budget possible. Mom currently resides on a nice piece of central Pennsylvania acreage which allows her to plant large amounts of just about anything; she remembers all too well, however, the days when she lived in town ("when I got my water from the city and my eggs from the grocery store").
Building a Raised Bed Vegetable Garden - Building Raised Beds, Garden Boxes and Planters
Sometimes gardeners purposely build a raised bed vegetable garden and sometimes raised beds are just wicked little plots that happen! Maybe you've been given some garden boxes, maybe you have recycled wood, rocks or other edging to use, or possibly you want to define your garden areas. Now you decide is the time for building a raised bed vegetable garden. All the information you need to know can be read here Raised Vegetable Garden. Whereas THIS page gives you a mix of photos and ideas that other gardeners have used... raising your hopes that you can build your own raised garden too!
Efficient Use of Water in the Garden and Landscape
Larry Stein, Extension Horticulturist Doug Welsh, Extension Horticulturist Efficient, Responsible Water Use The danger of exhausting valuable aquifers by excessive pumping is paralleled by the threat of polluting the groundwater with industrial, agricultural and home landscape contaminants. Nitrates from excessive and untimely fertilization are especially threatening.
Natural Pools or Swimming Ponds
Natural Pools or Natural Swimming Ponds (NSPs) Let nature clean the water... Chemical-free water garden and swimming pool. The plant portion, or regeneration zone, is separated from the swimming area by the wall seen a few inches below the water’s surface. www.naturalswimmingpools.com
Bible Maps, Timelines, Charts, Lineages
Submit your Bible questions, through our easy to use form, to our team of mature Christians known as the Email Evangelists. Welcome to our expanding, absolutely FREE collection of Biblical maps, Charts and Biblical Timelines specially selected to enhance your studies into the word of God! BibleStudy.org has what we consider the BEST set of maps on the Internet regarding ALL the evangelistic missionary journeys carried out by the the Apostle Paul! We also have Old Testament maps that delineate the journeys of Abraham and those of the Israelites after they left Egyptian bondage.
The Advantages of No-Dig Gardening
Winter digging looms ahead. Well, for some of us, anyway. Personally I never do any. No, the moment I read Gardening without Digging by A Guest, first published in 1949, I was hooked. Mr Guest estimated that, even with the need to produce more compost, No-Dig reduced labor by at least 40%! Lazy?
Bitponics connects your urban garden to the cloud
Sensors continuously monitor your garden’s environment and accessories are powered directly by the Bitponics Base Station. The Bitponics Base Station connects to your WiFi network and sends real-time sensor readings to the Bitponics Cloud. The Bitponics Cloud runs your personal Grow Plan, the blueprint for a full season of garden care. It monitors your sensors, automatically turns connected accessories on & off, and notifies you when to take action.
Gardening 101
Gardening can be intimidating. You may not think you have a green thumb (I used to think I had a brown thumb), be unsure of how to start, or where to start. Plus, it also depends on the space you have. First, let's tackle the where to garden. Some of you may be in high rise apartments, homes, dorms, or out in the country.
