Looking for Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants?
...ing, this summer, on lowering our garden’s water needs. How has drought (assuming that’s a problem for you) changed your gardening plans?...
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Self Watering Barrel Gardens, Aussie style
Gardening Australia did a video, well worth watching, of David de Vries’ self watering containers that he builds for the Red Cross in Alice Springs. De Vries has devised a simple and efficient way to turn drums into gardens. They look good too. We’ve featured self watering containers on our blog and in our books. They are a great way to deal with hot climates and bad soil. And, in many places, drums are as plentiful as people. Thanks to Helen in...
Saturday Tweets: Weeds, Bees and General Crankiness
Weed Life #permaculture #gardening #weeds #savetheweeds #soilhealth #dandelions #weedshavefeelingstoo pic.twitter.com/xsAz2Ktjs1 — Rascality Now (@rascalitynow) May 30, 2018 Count your bees with a Raspberry Pi and machine learning https://t.co/1tjD8uCaYb — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 1, 2018 The Silence of the Bugs https://t.co/rdRKfse7JW — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 27, 2018 “America was just wiped out.” @nicolatwilley reports from the “Cl...
Saturday Tweets: From Zines to Hedgehogs
...Alys Fowler https://t.co/5ZDthQa7H2 pic.twitter.com/yOTRrsvH6V — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) May 6, 2018 ‘I had to guard an empty room’: the rise of the pointless job https://t.co/q8RhMn391u — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2018 Humility in science communication https://t.co/NAPo2gyqXP via @2020science — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 12, 2018 Monkey riding Snailman [KB, Thott 291 8º, 15th c.] pic.twitter.com/avTLZxyKTM — Damien Kempf...
Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Sundials
...Finlay 1925-2006. On my long bucket list is the construction of a Root Simple sundial. Towards that end I’ve begun a short Sundial Pinterest board that, as of today, is entirely made up of Ian Hamilton Finlay sundials. Finlay’s poetry, art and gardening deserves greater recognition. The print of one of his sundials, above, is a clever meditation/pun on the distinction between the map and the territory. You can own an original Finlay print for a m...