Thoughts on Gardening
As the snow is starting to disappear, our thoughts start wandering to gardening. We found two interesting ideas this week. The first, a concept called “Earth Box”, is similar to our raised beds, but has built in water reservoirs. A very neat concept in arid conditions, or poor soil conditions. See:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-your-own-Earth-Box/?ALLSTEPS
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The other concept we came across is a bucket based drip irrigation system we think has great merit for arid conditions in domestic, and third world applications. See http://www.chapinlivingwaters.org
Professionally, I'm an IT Engineer (Executive Level) and Electronics Tech. Philosophically, I'm a Green Conservative, and probably would have been a hippie in the 60's if I had been old enough. I live off grid, with Solar (PV), Wind, and veggie oil fueled diesel generator power, and have been teaching and living sustainable technology for over 10 years.
April 13th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I’m always on the look out to learn more about organic gardening and ways to lessen my impact on the environment through that. The Earth Box idea is definitely something I’m going to give a try myself at home.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
How To Garden organically
http://www.wonderhowto.com/home-garden/agriculture-gardening-video/how-to-garden-organically-90513/