How to Make a Pallet Garden With spring amongst us, I, like most of you, am excited to tackle a few new gardening projects. After searching the web for innovative ideas, I came across a nifty one that makes use of a simple pallet. My husband and his family operate bulk oil and gas companies in our local and have an abundance of these useful objects. Watch Create a Vertical Pallet Garden, a video tutorial by Andrew Martin, to learn how to create your very own pallet garden! For spring, I could see doing a porch herb garden with this or some nice lettuces. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Tutto Giardinaggio (giardinaggio). All MOTHER EARTH NEWS community bloggers have agreed to follow our Blogging Best Practices, and they are responsible for the accuracy of their posts.
Sites-Gardeners-Site Basil is one of the most versatile herbs you can grow. Freshly picked leaves can be added to salads, sandwiches and sauces, and can be made into pesto or dried for use in the winter. Basil has a lower germination rate than many seeds, averaging just 60%. Fortunately, most seed packets contain many more seeds than you’ll need. Basil is a hot weather plant and is very susceptible to frost damage. Seeds and plants should not be put into the ground until the soil is warm (65 to 70 degrees) and the weather has settled. To get a jump on the basil season, you can start your basil seeds indoors, 3 to 4 weeks before planting time. Basil prefers growing in a lightly moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil that contains lots of organic matter (like compost!). The standard culinary basil, typically used for pesto and Italian cooking, is called ‘Genovese’.
Vertical Pallet Garden Plan - Gardening Use these step-by-step instructions and build your own vertical pallet garden, perfect for growing your own food in small spaces. By Niki Jabbour Groundbreaking Food Gardens (Storey Publishing, 2014) by Niki Jabbour is a stellar collection of unique food garden plans from some of the best gardeners and designers in North America. Choose from 73 plans, each with its own theme and detailed illustration. You can purchase this book from the Mother Earth Living store: Groundbreaking Food Gardens. Pallet gardening is popular, and for good reason! Joe Lamp’l is passionate about getting people to grow more food—even in tiny urban lots and concrete balconies—and he has embraced the concept of a pallet garden for its incredible versatility. A pallet garden is a great project for do-it-yourself types, as well as those on a tight budget. Picking the right pallet. The best plants for a pallet. How to Make Joe’s Pallet Garden Top Row 1. 2. Middle Rows 3. 4. Lowest Row 5. 6. 7. Materials Tools 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Arma tu propio jardín en casa No hace falta tener un gran espacio, aún viviendo en un apartamento con un balcón podemos tener un pequeño jardín cultivar mnuestras propias verduras y hierbas aromáticas para consumir. Es una idea sencilla en la que quizas necesitemos la ayuda de algún hombre, pero que con un poco de esfuerzo podemos hacer nosotras mismas. Hay algo más rico que comer comida casera y con ingredientes de nuestra propia huertita??? Los materiales que necesitas son Cajones de madera, pueden ser los de vino.Tierra preparada.Plantines de lo que vamos a plantar que podemos comprar en un vivero.Guantes de trabajo.Regadera.Palita.Tijera de podar o similar.Taladro. Paso a paso para el jardín Para hacer este pequeño jardín, puedes colocar cada uno de los cajones directamente en el piso, o bien hacer un banco de madera. A cada uno de los cajones, debes hacerles con la ayuda del taladro, agujeros para asegurar el buen drenaje al colocar los plantines. Fotos: Style-files
UF News: So You Garden? You’re Not Alone - Urban Farm Millennials are leading the way as more and more people jump onto the gardening bandwagon. By Rachael Brugger Thursday, April 23, 2015 A report released by the National Gardening Association this month shows that 17 percent more households have started an edible garden in the past five years. To that, we have to say "Right on!” At the forefront of this "back-to-the-garden” movement are millennials (ages 18-34), who are gardening more than ever before in accordance with the independent, idealistic characteristics they’re known for. While the NGA’s report didn’t get into why people are gardening more, I suspect a few things might be playing into the current trend: 1. The push toward local food and the devastating reality that our children don’t know that chicken doesn’t come shrink-wrapped from the grocery store has caused a desire for more transparency in the food system. 2. 3. 4. Many gardens and urban farms have started as ways to help connect people with healthy food and jobs. 5.
Un jardín artístico y reciclado Que buena idea han tenido nuestros compañeros fans de las manualidades en Brasil. Han creado un pequeño jardín a base de reciclaje y además les ha quedado muy pero que muy artístico. No me digan que no parece formar parte de la terraza interior de un museo de arte moderno de la ciudad? No solo la idea es excepcional hablando en términos de reciclaje, sino que además han usado y sabido combinar dos colores a la perfección. El gris jugando con la pared de fondo, y el verde de las botellas a juego con las platas y hierbas plantadas. ¡Qué bien pensado! ¿Que necesitaremos? Fíjate como lo hicieron los compañeros brasileños: El trabajo terminado es realemnte hermoso… Fuente: Vilamulher
18 Cool DIY Compost Bin Designs Building your own DIY composter is an easy way to save money on garden supplies and keep materials out of the landfill. Many DIY compost bins can be created from typical household items, making them extremely affordable. Construction methods range from simple to complex and a variety of materials can be used such as wood, brick, straw, plastic, and wire. We’ve scoured the web and picked out these different types of composters that you can build yourself so that you can easily choose a design you like and get started composting right away. If we left any great DIY composter plans out, please leave a comment with a link so that we can check it out and possibly add it to the list. Wooden Pallet Planks and Wire Mesh Composter Wood and wire: it really is that simple. Actually, it gets even simpler: a wire-mesh-only compost bin. All-Pallet Compost Bin Enclosed Wooden Compost Bin Like the idea of a wooden enclosure but don’t want all the work? Removable Front-Slatted with Metal Roof Decorative Brick
Huerta fácil para tu jardín o terraza Quien no tiene en casa, en la casa de algún familiar una puerta vieja sin utilizar y que en ocasiones pensamos en tirar… Por qué no reciclarla entonces y transformarla en un huerto casero para poner en el jardín o una terraza? No necesitamos invertir mucho dinero y es una buena forma para comenzar a cultivar nuestras propias especies aromáticas y hortalizas. Si piensan verdaderamente en hacerla, estos son los materiales que van a necesitar:Puerta vieja.Dos maderas del alto de la puerta y 30 centímetros ancho, por un espesor aproximado de 25 mm.Dos maderas del ancho de la puerta (que será su alto) y 30 centímetros ancho, por un espesor aproximado de 25 mm.12 “L” metálicas para atornillar.48 tornillos para madera.Plástico o membrana para recubrir el cajón que vamos a armar y que no se pudra con el agua.Atornillador.Taladro para hacer los drenajes.Tierra para hacer el huerto y semillas. Con las maderas listas, debes comenzar a atornillarlas con las “L´s” metálicas.
EWAO If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety of positive ways. And as Monsanto would love for this article to not go viral, all we can ask is that you share, share, share the information being presented so that it can reach as many people as possible. In 2006, a patent was granted to a man named Paul Stamets. Though Paul is the world’s leading mycologist, his patent has received very little attention and exposure. Why is that? What has Paul discovered? Paul does this by taking entomopathogenic Fungi (fungi that destroys insects) and morphs it so it does not produce spores. This patent has potential to revolutionize the way humans grow crops – if it can be allowed to reach mass exposure. To tolerate the use of pesticides in modern agriculture is to deny evidence proving its detrimental effects against the environment. [mashshare]
Finding Pins and Needles: Body Scrub & Wash Printable Labels It's Time to Come Clean... here's my dirty clean little secret.... I've deviated from sewing and made Body Scrub and Body Wash. Get it? Come clean? Oh boy, I'm losing it. It's a perfect time to whipped up these bad boys as Mother's Day gifts, teacher's gifts, or even bachelorette gifts. For personal use only, do not redistribute. A few tips when making the recipes... Happy mixing!!
How to Host an Urban-Ag Forum Give urban farming and local food a chance to thrive in your city by inviting election candidates to hash out their stances on the subject. By Lisa Munniksma In Minneapolis' 2013 mayoral race, 35 candidates had their hats in the ring. Unlike most U.S. towns, Minneapolis used a ranked-choice voting system, where each person votes for his top candidates rather than voting for one candidate out of a select few that made it to the ballot from particular political parties. Eight of the city's top mayoral candidates were invited—one had a prior commitment on that day but another asked to join—and 200 community members showed up to the Urban Agriculture Mayoral Forum to hear what these candidates had to say about the future of food in their city. Minneapolis isn't the only city to have done this, but they join the ranks of just a few—San Francisco and New York among them. 1. 2. Research doesn't have to come in the form of a questionnaire. 3. 4. 5. 6. Submit Comment »
The Lazy Lady’s Guide to DIY: Hanging Herb Garden At some point near the middle of March, I always decide that I’m “done” with winter. The sweaters and jackets get pushed to the back of the closet, the flip flops come out, and I inevitably freeze my butt off for several weeks until the weather catches up with my warm-weather state of mind. Likewise, my cravings for fresh herbs and veggies are always a little ahead of the season. Growing your own herbs is a great way to save money and avoid buying too much at a time and letting most of it go to waste. What you’ll need: Tin containers with snap-on plastic lids (tea, cocoa, and coffee cans are a good bet), coat hangers, pliers, scissors, herbs (I bought basil, rosemary, dill, and cilantro for about $2.50 each), masking tape, coffee filters, a nail, a hammer, X-acto knife, scrap fabric or paper, and glue or spray adhesive. After you’ve emptied and cleaned your cans, remove the bottom of the can with a can opener. Slide the bottom inside the can, holding it up from inside. Happy growing!