Everyone wants to know about pests and the best way to take them out. But rather than preoccupying yourself with warfare, sometimes the best approach is a peaceful one, simply letting them know that your patch is off-limits. In this top five, we show you how to walk the line of conflict and peace in modern pest warfare.
Now more than ever, we’re trying to find new ways to keep kids busy, engaged and learning while at home. It’s a tough time for parents everywhere, so if you’re looking for an activity to get the kids involved in the veggie patch, now’s the perfect time to encourage their curiosity.
Gardening with kids can teach responsibility, help develop their fine motor skills, encourages healthy eating and engages all their senses. Or, it can just get them away from screens and outside… if only for a few minutes.
Chilli plants by nature aren't geared up for hiberation, but that's not to say they can't. Surely if a living, breathing creature the size of a bear can sleep in a hole for 6 months and come out the other side alive, so can a plant.
With the change of seasons we restore hope for new beginnings and a greener garden.
You see you can get everything right - you can choose the right space, have the best quality potting mix, and what's more, a plant in the peak of its season - but time and time again it is water that derails the entire operation; more specifically, people not able to find the time to water their plants.
Wicking beds use the age old idea of capillary action to draw moisture through the soil from a reservoir below. That way plants then decide when to use water and how much to use. After initial surface watering to get them set up, the gardeners' ongoing challenge (and a much more manageable one) is to keep the reservoir topped up. This becomes a fortnightly job, rather than a daily job where the process normally falls over.
A few years ago we teamed up with Glowpear and our friends at Taxi Dining Room to embark on a 3-month self-watering challenge where we tested just what can be grown in a single unit, over the peak of summer. Most people assume that come summer, starting a veggie patch is gardening insanity. This challenge was designed to prove otherwise.
Self-Watering Systems in our shop.
Learn more about self-watering beds in another post Wicking Beds 101
Related videos:
Self-Watering Challenge: Finale
Self-Watering Challenge: Month 3
Self-Watering Challenge: Month 2
Music:
"La Fata Morgana (con Lucrecia Dalt)
Los Amparito
losamparito.bandcamp.com
