Good post Sarah, but re: Item 8 you should know about sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) that employ capillary action to produce healthier plants, using less water and precious time. Traditional drain h...
Thanks to our out-dated and retrogressive horticultural education you evidently don't know about eco-friendly sub-irrigation planters (some call them SIPs). Instead you used dumb drain hole pots th...
Great post Sarah...a triple! You just need more specific DIY details for a home run. They're on the web.
Emmeryville's question is spot on! The so-called "self-watering" term unfortu...
I agree with jooly. These are cool balconies structurally but vastly underutilized. There is a wide array of sub-irrigated planters that could help make these mini gardens of Eden in the city.
These planter boxes could be/should be sub-irrigated rather than top watered. Benefits - healthier plants, perhaps 50% greater veggie production while saving precious water and time. It is a green ...
Why risk growing vegetable in contaminated city soil when there is a better way that is risk-free ? Use sub-irrigated box, bed and bucket planters rather than in-ground planting. Grow vegetab...
What a cool project. Very informative post with good documentation showing how they did it and the support people they used. It's helpful to watch the YouTube video also. Thanks!
If the droopy leaved Dracaena marginata in the window was an animal it would be a euthanasia candidate. Most likely it's a result of imprecise drench and drain watering (aka poke, pour and pray). B...
The best thing to do regarding fungus gnats is to treat the cause rather than the symptom. As you have discovered the gnats are a symptom of your over watering.
Sub-irrigation (aka er...
I doubt that keeping worms in the house is going to become mainstream any time soon. The NatureMill seems to have greater potential for apartment composting. I'm going to get one. Think of it as th...
How can the Grobal be a featured green product when you can do a much better job maintaining houseplants with recycled (sub-irrigated) pop bottle planters? They are truly green gadgets.
It is not "environmentally friendly" to kill decorative plants! Unless you have a lot of light and a budget to replace them regularly do NOt try this at home. A luxury hotel has a big budget and ev...
I learned how to cut bottles from Popular Science Magazine when I was a kid. That's a long time ago. Tie a piece of kerosene soaked string around the bottle. Light the string. As it burns it heats...
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Good post Sarah, but re: Item 8 you should know about sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) that employ capillary action to produce healthier plants, using less water and precious time. Traditional drain h...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenscaper/sets/72057594128052747/ None of these plants are top watered. All of th...
Thanks to our out-dated and retrogressive horticultural education you evidently don't know about eco-friendly sub-irrigation planters (some call them SIPs). Instead you used dumb drain hole pots th...
Great post Sarah...a triple! You just need more specific DIY details for a home run. They're on the web. Emmeryville's question is spot on! The so-called "self-watering" term unfortu...
I agree with jooly. These are cool balconies structurally but vastly underutilized. There is a wide array of sub-irrigated planters that could help make these mini gardens of Eden in the city.
By "rustic and relaxed" do you mean trashy?
These planter boxes could be/should be sub-irrigated rather than top watered. Benefits - healthier plants, perhaps 50% greater veggie production while saving precious water and time. It is a green ...
What's with ridiculous? Where there's a will, there's a way! Nice job!
Why risk growing vegetable in contaminated city soil when there is a better way that is risk-free ? Use sub-irrigated box, bed and bucket planters rather than in-ground planting. Grow vegetab...
What a cool project. Very informative post with good documentation showing how they did it and the support people they used. It's helpful to watch the YouTube video also. Thanks!
If the droopy leaved Dracaena marginata in the window was an animal it would be a euthanasia candidate. Most likely it's a result of imprecise drench and drain watering (aka poke, pour and pray). B...
The best thing to do regarding fungus gnats is to treat the cause rather than the symptom. As you have discovered the gnats are a symptom of your over watering. Sub-irrigation (aka er...
What a neat green greenhouse. Cool idea with such good instructions. Thanks for posting it.
Faith...thanks for the feedback on the NatureMill. Most helpful! I'm going to get one. I think of it as the AeroGarden of composting.
I doubt that keeping worms in the house is going to become mainstream any time soon. The NatureMill seems to have greater potential for apartment composting. I'm going to get one. Think of it as th...
How can the Grobal be a featured green product when you can do a much better job maintaining houseplants with recycled (sub-irrigated) pop bottle planters? They are truly green gadgets.
It is not "environmentally friendly" to kill decorative plants! Unless you have a lot of light and a budget to replace them regularly do NOt try this at home. A luxury hotel has a big budget and ev...
Helloooooooooo. Anyone out there notice the above video link about a water shortage? http://www.insideurbangreen.org/2009/02/wh...
I learned how to cut bottles from Popular Science Magazine when I was a kid. That's a long time ago. Tie a piece of kerosene soaked string around the bottle. Light the string. As it burns it heats...
Neat idea! Neat post! It always bugs me when I throw out my Costco barbecue chicken boxes. Never thought of using them as seed starter "greenhouses".