Blueberries in a Self Watering Container

May 26, 2007

...with a home made soil mix made up of 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 wood chips and 1/3 azalea mix. Their special soil requirements and shallow roots make blueberries an ideal plant for self watering containers. And attention apartment homesteaders–blueberries will work nicely on that south facing balcony....

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Build a Self-Watering Container

Mrs. Homegrown

January 26, 2007

Self Watering Containers, Videos

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...Also, see this post of ours for more information, including resource links. Related posts can be found by searching the “self-watering container” category found to the left of this post, under the date....

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Weekend Tweets: The Orchid Mantis, Self-sufficiency and Self Driving Cars

Mr. Homegrown

April 16, 2016

Saturday Linkages

...— Science Friday (@scifri) April 14, 2016 BBC News – What happened to the self-sufficient people of the 1970s? https://t.co/xLGArdjCKr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 15, 2016 “We need to design our cities so you feel…like you’re missing out on all the fun when driving a car.”—Dom Nozzi pic.twitter.com/Cgm5KPbJXi — Taras Grescoe (@grescoe) April 13, 2016 DIY Thrift Shop Bug House Excellent project to do with kids.https://t.co/bHcwsBuxo1 https:/...

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Watering 101

Mrs. Homegrown

July 2, 2013

Gardening, How-to, Vegetable Gardening

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...oist. Not soggy and soppy, not dry, but pleasantly moist and springy. Over-watering can be problem as much as under-watering. If you know your soil tends to hold water, it may pay to dig before you even start watering. You may find you don’t need to water at all. In a regularly watered bed, the deeper you dig, the more retained moisture you are likely to find, but the first few inches dry out fast. Older, deeper rooted plants don’t mind this so mu...

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Self Irrigating Planter Resources

Mr. Homegrown

April 5, 2009

Self Watering Containers

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...a talk about the world of self-irrigating planters (also known as SIPs or self-watering planters or a couple of other variations on that general verbiage). In our opinion SIPs are the food growing tool of the aspiring urban agriculturalist. Make or buy one of these things and vegetable container gardening is a breeze. No need to water your pots three times a day during the summer! For those who can’t make our talk, and as a resource for those who...

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