
Here is an interesting way to grow potatoes in a small area like a small back yard, balcony or porch. With just a few pounds of starting potatoes you can buy in the local grocery store, you can have up to 100 lbs of potatoes at the end of the summer. Potatoes grow from the [...]
May 31, 2011 | Categories: Bulbs, Perennial Vegetable, Planting | Tags: Box, CA Native Plants, childern, groceery, Ground, growing, Growing Potatoes in a Stacked Box, kids, local, material, monthly applications, perennial, plants, Potatoes Stacked, pounds, roots, soil, straw, summer, supplements, technique, vegetable, water | Leave A Comment »

It is not the size that matters but the shape. It is important to have the highest capacity for water to be absorbed by the soil to prevent flooding up the drain pipe or house. In this case we bury a catchment system about 18 to 20 inches below the surface. It is important to [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: CA Native Plants, Calculations, capacity, catchment, Compost Extrations, drain, extracted organisms, flooding, gardening, Grape Compost Extractions, grass, harvesting, house, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, maximize, pipe, Plant, rain, rain harvesting, roof, Shapes, Sizes, soil, succession, summer, technique, water, Water Catchment Sizes and Shapes, Winter | Leave A Comment »

Water catchment system have been around for several thousand years . It’s nothing new and it comes in many forms, shapes and sizes. There are really only a few places to store the water once it is collected. It can be stored in a barrel of some sort, a lake, or in the soil itself. [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Water Catchements | Tags: barrel, catchment, chain, dry bed .absorbed, erosion, harvesting, plants, prevent erosion, pump, rain, rain harvesting, save, save water, summer, system, water, water catchment system, Water collects, Winter | Leave A Comment »

Gardening Rhythms: Water, Evapotranspiration And Plant Guilds Part 1 Gardening Rhythms: Water, Evapotranspiration And Plant Guilds Part 2 Gardening Rhythms: Water, Evapotranspiration And Plant Guilds Part 3
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Irrigation Timer Schedules | Tags: fall, gardening, irrigation, lawn, rain, rhyuthms, saving, schedule, Spring, summer, sun, time, timers, videos, wanter, water | Leave A Comment »

Irrigation Schedule Changes During Seasons – Videos These videos show how to conserve water and change water schedules for the lawn’s needs. It prevents waste. For more information on lawn watering care, Click here/ If you are interested in harvesting rain water for your lawn and garden, Click here Gardening Rhythms: Underground Lawn Drip [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Irrigation Schedual Changes During Seasons | Tags: changes, drip, during, fall, gardening, irrigation, rhythms, save water, saving, schedule, seasons, solarization, Spring, summer, timers, video, water, Winter | Leave A Comment »