Category Archives: raised bed gardening

African style raised beds for the drylands (You Tube)

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

VIDEO seen at : http://youtu.be/ykCXfjzfaco Keyhole Garden – How to make an African style raised bed Keyhole Gardens are a great garden to make – here is one being built in Uganda. This organic technique is part of Send a … Continue reading →

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Keyhole Gardens African Style (You Tube / Send a Cow / Michael J King)

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

VIDEO seen at : http://youtu.be/ykCXfjzfaco Keyhole Garden – How to make an African style raised bed Keyhole Gardens are a great garden to make – here is one being built in Uganda. This organic technique is part of Send a … Continue reading →

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Farming or gardening with old tyres instead of containers (Comment Dev Raj Paudel)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

A new comment on the post #251 “Great ideas for container gardening” :http://containergardening.wordpress.com/great-ideas-for-container-gardening/ Author : Dev Raj Paudel E-mail : merodev@gmail.comComment: Has anyone heard about farming on old tyres instead of containers on rooftops? If yes, please kindly send me … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, erosion, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, herb gardens, irrigation, raised bed gardening, rooftop gardening, school gardens, small-space gardening, Soil, square foot gardening, sustainable development, sustainable gardening, terrace garden, urban agriculture/farming, urban gardening, Water, water management | 1 Comment

Easy Container Gardens (commercial) – (KidsGardening)

Posted on March 20, 2008 by

Read at : “KidsGardening.org Store Special” <storecircular@kidsgardening.org> Easy Container Gardens Welcome to the Gardening with Kids Store Specials! Here are this week’s specials. To view this e-mail online, visit http://www.ngagardenshop.com/campaigns/show/4455 ————————- Sales advert. Pictures can create ideas ! See  also … Continue reading →

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Planning Urban School Gardens (KidsGardening)

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Read at : KidsGardening © 2007 National Gardening Association www.garden.org, www.kidsgardening.com http://www.kidsgardening.com/Dig/digdetail.taf?Type=Art&id=2193 Planning Urban School Gardens Author: Sarah Pounders There’s a lot in the news lately about “nature-deficit disorder,” a phrase coined by author Richard Louv to describe the behavioral … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Gardening / Horticulture, gardening kids, raised bed gardening, rooftop gardening, school gardens, Soil, Water | 1 Comment

Make your own raised beds (Dave’s Garden)

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

Read at : Dave’s Garden Weekly Newsletter http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/489/?utm_source=nl_2008-03-10&utm_medium=email Raised Beds Why and How By Paul Rodman (paulgrow) March 7, 2008 Poor soil? Rocky hard pan slow drainage. No organic materials, nothing will grow? Bad back or other disability? A raised … Continue reading →

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Wide Row Raised Bed Gardening (Dave’s Garden)

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

Read at : Dave’s Garden Weekly Newsletter http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/618/?utm_source=nl_2008-01-28&utm_medium=email Wide Row Raised Bed Gardening-The perfect plan for the lazy gardener By Catherine Smith (doccat5)Rather than plant single straight rows in your garden, try planting wide rows. Several advantages are listed below … Continue reading →

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Raised bed gardening : some tips (Google Alert / Howdididoit)

Posted on December 5, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert / gardening http://www.howdididoit.com/13/511/ Raised bed gardening Raised bed gardening is enjoying a new popularity with space and time being more limited. A raised bed garden is built so the soil level in the garden is … Continue reading →

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Lasagna Gardening (Google Alert / My skinny garden)

Posted on September 30, 2007 by

Read at : Google Alert -gardening http://myskinnygarden.blogspot.com/2007/09/planning-msg-2008-lasagna-gardening.html Saturday, September 29, 2007 Planning MSG 2008: Lasagna Gardening After reading Colleen’s review of Lasagna Gardening, I started thinking this could be exactly what I need to get ready for next year’s garden. … Continue reading →

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Raised beds : also interesting for the drylands (Vegetable Grower)

Posted on July 31, 2007 by

Read at : The Vegetable Grower (see my blogroll) http://www.vegetable-garden-guide.com/The_Vegetable_Grower-the-vegetable-grower-march07.html Seven Good Reasons to Install Raised Beds ….a wider selection of vegetable varieties can be grown in difficult soil or an unsuitable pH level. Once constructed raised beds can be … Continue reading →

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