Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Do not be afraid to pile up snow in your garden or flower beds. The deep snow will act like insulation and keep the earth below a little above freezing.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
How to Organic Garden "The Bucket List"
How To Organic Garden and the bucket list....
It's time for the beginers to gather up some buckets. Five gallon buckets green or black in color work best for our gardens. We use buckets to compost in the gardens where we grow tomatos. I am going to include a rough sketch of how we do this in this post. In our system we bury a 5 gallon bucket about 8 inches deep in the garden. The bucket has holes drilled in it about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom and a large wire cage attached to the top lip. A tomato is planted on either side and we add hot organic compost material to the buckets. When we water we only water in the buckets and we always prune the plants so that no foilage is below the top of the bucket. The dark colored bucket helps warm the ground and provides constant food, water and air circulation for the plants.
This systems works so well for us that we have been building these buckets for our locals for years. I'll have pics of the ones I use as soon as the snow melts. This is a simplified description of how we do it but there is only so much room to write during the super bowl. If you want or need more information about the bucket system you can email me at pmaint@msn.com or twitter me from the link on the bottom right of this page.
Like I said rough sketch.....
It's time for the beginers to gather up some buckets. Five gallon buckets green or black in color work best for our gardens. We use buckets to compost in the gardens where we grow tomatos. I am going to include a rough sketch of how we do this in this post. In our system we bury a 5 gallon bucket about 8 inches deep in the garden. The bucket has holes drilled in it about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom and a large wire cage attached to the top lip. A tomato is planted on either side and we add hot organic compost material to the buckets. When we water we only water in the buckets and we always prune the plants so that no foilage is below the top of the bucket. The dark colored bucket helps warm the ground and provides constant food, water and air circulation for the plants.
This systems works so well for us that we have been building these buckets for our locals for years. I'll have pics of the ones I use as soon as the snow melts. This is a simplified description of how we do it but there is only so much room to write during the super bowl. If you want or need more information about the bucket system you can email me at pmaint@msn.com or twitter me from the link on the bottom right of this page.
Like I said rough sketch.....
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