our.windowfarms.org/instructions 1) Translated by: Windowfarms Core Team. Welcome to the Instructions for MAMA! The Windowfarms Version 3.0 Modular Airlift Multicolumn Array (MAMA). 2) Getting Started: Download and print the Windowfarms v3.0 parts list. 3) Section 1: Bottle Covering Each Windowfarm v3.0 column is made of 5 bottles: 4 plant bottles and 1 bottom reservoir bottle. 4) Part of each bottle must be covered to prevent the plants' roots from being exposed to light. 5) Fill an empty bottle with about 2"(5 cm) of water to weigh it down. 6) Using painter's masking tape, mask 4 of the bottles from the "waist" to the base. 7) Using 1" (2.5 cm) wide masking tape, mask the 5th bottle with one ribbon from the cap to the base. 8) Paint bottles with spray paint, providing even coverage.
Planting A Pineapple — Tickled Red - StumbleUpon Did y’all know that you can take this and turn it into… This? And that this will eventually produce… This? Yes, I’m talking about turning your average, ordinary grocery store pineapple into a tropical showpiece within your home. A plant that is not only impressive but will WOW! Planting a Pineapple 1. 2. 3. In 24 months (sounds better than two years) it will look like this. You will have an actual, large, utterly delicious pineapple in 24-36 months. The thought of growing my own pineapple always makes me smile and giggle just a little bit. Now what am I supposed to do with all of this leftover pineapple? I see something sweet coming soon. While you’re waiting for me to make something yummy with the leftovers, go ahead and plant a pineapple. Be adventurous plant a pineapple. Hugs, Tickled Red *Please bear in mind that I am not a hortoculturist. Tagged as: Gardening, Pineapple, Tropical Fruit
How to Grow and Store Potatoes, Onions, Garlic and Squash, Keeper Crops During the winter months, when the ground is covered by a thick blanket of snow, there’s something particularly satisfying about still being able to eat food from your garden. There are many summer-grown crops including potatoes, onions, garlic, beets, carrots and winter squash, can be stored with relative ease to nourish you right through until the next growing season. Even a modest-size garden can yield a substantial crop of winter keepers. To be successful storing these keeper crops at home, here are a couple factors to keep in mind: Some varieties store better than others, so be sure to seek out the ones that are known to be good keepers. Crops that are harvested at their prime – not before or after – store best. There are so many wonderful kinds and colors of potatoes to choose from: fingerlings, bakers, boilers, white, yellow, pink, red, and even blue. Potatoes can be grown in a standard garden row, in a raised bed or in a container such as a Potato Grow Bag. Onions Garlic
Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos These brilliant DIY ideas for garden will save your money if you have a garden and you want to decorate it, then just have a look at these 20 awesome garden decoration ideas. You can make them using rock and stones and I think this is the best way to decorate gardens. These ideas don’t require any kind of expensive metal and no maintenance. All you should do is to collect them and make them and beautify your garden according to these ideas as given below. These ideas are here with full tutorial link and details so you can complete them step by step. 1. Source : greenlandscapestoenvy.com 2. Source : nelliebellie.com 3. Source : theage.domain.com.au 4. Source : theownerbuildernetwork.co 5. Source : craftsbyamanda.com 6. Source : lushome.com 7. Source : hometalk.com 8. Source : countrywomanmagazine.com 9. Source : day2daysupermom.com 10. Source : craftberrybush.com 11. Source : instructables.com 12. Source : harvestheart.tumblr.com 13. Source : goodshomedesign.com 13. Source : instructables.com 14.
Guide de montage d'une windowfarm Fabriquez vous-même votre ferme de fenêtre avec le guide de montage d’une windowfarm ! Une windowfarm est un potager vertical d’appartement avec arrosage automatisé. Vous pourrez enfin faire pousser vos légumes dans votre salon ! Un potager d’intérieur avec arrosage automatisé ! Construit à partir d’objets du quotidien Simple et facile à concevoir par tous ! Ci-dessous retrouvez la traduction en français du guide de montage officiel de la version V3. Alors entrez dans le monde des windowfarmers et donnez vie à des cornichons dans votre salon !! Suivez le guide ! Étape 1 : Préparation des bouteilles d’une windowfarm Étape 2 : Découpe des bouteilles d’une windowfarm Étape 3 : Assemblage et suspension d’une windowfarm Étape 4 : Le système d’arrosage d’une windowfarm Étape 5 : Mise en route de la windowfarm ! Les documents nécessaires (liste des éléments et les gabarits des bouteilles) sont disponibles en téléchargement.
Recycled Pop/Soda Bottle SIPs The sub-irrigated planter (SIP) to the left was made from a 3-liter diet Pepsi bottle (see prior post also see how to make them). While it is good news about a new and greener Pepsi bottle, it looks like the days of straight-sided 2 and 3-liter soda bottles are numbered. That is not good news for making soda bottle SIPs. Coke has already gone curvy. As you can see, a Spider plant is growing in a curvy SIP but it is more difficult to make and not nearly as flexible in design options. From the picture of the new contoured Pepsi bottle above it looks like the same thing will be true for Pepsi SIPs. Contouring adds strength and perhaps some visual appeal but it is not so green. Recycling is good but upcycling or repurposing is even better. Having grown plants in them for many years, I believe it could be justified to make them as a primary product. Clear soda bottle SIPs should be helping to grow plants inside every school in the world. Why then is it not taught in the public school system?
20 Plants for garden pathways which can handle foot traffic There are infinite numbers of plants available to cultivate in your garden. But, there are very few varieties of plants that can be grown on pathways, because most of the plants are too sensitive to tolerate people’s feet. Here is a list of some very common plants which you can use to decorate the walkways of your garden. 1. Irish moss It is one of the most important family member of Moss but much different from other plants of Moss family. 2. They look very pretty with the bright green leaves and become more attractive from the last spring to the arrival of summer when it blooms beautiful yellow flowers. 3. Fascinating Brass Buttons are low growing plants that spread at a high speed. 4. These ornamented plants have an immense and gorgeous look with a sweet fragrance. 5. Creeping Jenny which is also known as money wort in many places is a perennial plant that loves afternoon sun. 6. Beach strawberry is a perennial member of the rose family. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos Never let those broken potted plants go to waste again, you can repurpose your planter! All that you need is a broken pot, your imagination, plants, and maybe some pieces of the broken pot to create an amazing fairy garden. Some people are going above and beyond, incorporating miniature houses, glass mushrooms, and colorful bird houses into their fairy garden. If you create one of your own, you never what sort of gnomes or fairies you will attract to your garden. Recycling is one of the best trends out there, after all if we don’t start reusing what we have, we are going to run out of resources and landfills before we know it. Plus, you’ll be going green in another way as well, enjoying the perks of working with flowers and fairy gardens. These DIY fairy gardens are the perfect craft to fill up your next unbooked weekend. Take a peek at the stairs in this fairy garden, don’t they sort of look like the pieces of a Jenga set? Here is where the great gnome lives!
our.windowfarms.org | Home How to Grow an Edible, Vertical Garden in Five Steps - Cities - GOOD It’s hard to believe but, yes, spring is on its way. And with it all kinds of wonderful green things like arugula, celery, and cherry tomatoes. If you’re a gardener, you’ve probably already started your seedlings (or at least have an order in for black seeded Simpson lettuce, Astro Arugula or sugar snap peas). If you’re a first time gardener, now is the time to decide if you really want to dig in. Don’t know what to grow? “It can work in almost any space, anywhere,” says Meg Glasser, Regional Director for Urban Farming, a group that grows edible gardens on walls, fences and other vertical surfaces. 1. Most vegetables need at least four hours of sunlight a day and a south-facing wall will provide the most light. 2. A local, dependable, water source is one of the most critical components—without it you will need to consider another site. 3. 3. You can start with seeds or seedlings but if you’re starting in later spring, use seedlings. 4. This is the most challenging part of the garden.