From the category archives:

Planning

Completing the Self Watering Containers at My Parents

May 10, 2009

After getting the news yesterday that the vegetable gardening season already started and some plants should already be out, I need to get moving quicker.

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It’s the Season for Vegetable Gardening

May 9, 2009

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I took a trip to the Farmers Market at Union Square today to find out when it’s ok to start putting the containers out and how many plants go in each bucket.

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Video: Getting Soda Bottles from my Basement

April 28, 2009

in Herbs,Planning

Instead of buying one of them fancy upside hanging planters, I decided to reuse 2 liter soda bottles. Finding them was actually much easier and cleaner than expected.

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Recycling and Making a Cheap Vegetable Garden

April 26, 2009

After securing the land in Staten Island and sleeping on the past few days, I came up with a plan to make this more affordable and environmentally friendly.

Building My First Self Watering Container Insert

April 26, 2009

I took my first crack at making the insert for the self watering container today. The hardest part was cutting a square into circles that would fit snuggly into the bucket. Yes, I just said snuggly.