Kokedama String Moss Ball Hanging Plants

Kokedama is a green moss covered type of bonsai.

How pretty are these hanging moss ball plants:

 

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Pallet Garden Idea

How amazing is this pallet garden design from b sq. Design Studio out of Canada!

Here is a fun DIY project from Design Sponge:


Materials

-a pallet (If you want a free pallet, please stop by our store. We be more than happy to give you one.)

-roll of landscaping paper (this can be quite expensive, but you don’t need as much as comes in a typical landscaping roll, so you might be able to find someone’s excess on Craigslist or at a local garden shop)

- sandpaper

-staple gun and staples

- hammer and nails

-potting soil (I used 2.5 cubic feet for the 25 x 38 pallet)

-adorable succulents or other plants of choice

Instructions

1. Sand down any rough spots on your pallet. If the back of your pallet doesn’t have much support (mine was basically open on the back), find some scrap wood, roughly 3 to 4 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick (or the thickness of the rest of your supports) and cut it down to the width of your pallet. Using two nails on each side, add supports so they are roughly even down the back of your pallet.

2. Double or triple up your landscaping fabric and begin the stapling fun. Staple fabric along the back, bottom and sides of the pallet, taking care at the corners to fold in the fabric so no soil will spill out. (See photos for details on folding corners.)




3. Lay the pallet flat and pour potting soil through slats, pressing soil down firmly. Leave enough room to begin planting your succulents.


4. Begin planting, starting at the bottom of the pallet and ending at the top. Make sure soil is firmly packed in each layer as you move up. Add more soil as needed so that plants are tightly packed at the end.



5. Water your wall garden thoroughly and let it remain horizontal for 1 to 2 weeks to allow plants to take root. After 1 to 2 weeks, you can set it upright.

Note: Remember when you water to start at the top and water each subsequent section a little less, as your water will naturally seep through to the bottom-most plants.

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Air Pots

What are air pots? Well, here is a video on how air pots are better for your plants.

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How to Calibrate pH Tester Pen

Here are two easy tutorials on how to calibrate your pH pen.

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Shipments have arrived!

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Spring is here!

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Arizona Bees pollinating Rapini


My Rapini has started going to seed. The bees are out in full force.

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Vegetable Garden in Phoenix


This is my first garden. I started the project thinking we’d just have 1 or 2 raised beds but it turned into something much bigger. Everything is done organically (no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers etc.) and “veganically” (without the use of manure, blood meal, bone meal or any kind of animal product).

99% of the vegetables are “heirloom” or “open-pollinated” meaning the seed has been bred true and saved for at least 50 years and will continue to breed true when you save the seed…as opposed to a “hybrid” which has generally been bred for appearance, shelf life, yield, disease resistance but rarely taste. A saved hybrid seed will not breed true to the vegetable you saved it from.

My family and I built the structure. I started everything by seed, mostly indoors under a grow-light system.

What I’m growing now:

Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplant
Basil
Squash
Cucumbers
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Mint
Green Beans
Calendula (for tea)
Tepary Beans
Onions
Garlic
Indian Corn
Strawberries
Okra
Tomatillo
Sunflowers
Parsley
Amaranth

What I grew over the winter:

Lettuce
Kale
Rapini
Broccoli
Arugula
Beets
Carrots
Peas
Bok Choy
Spigariello

On an unrelated note, check out the band I’m in with my 3 brothers. http://www.kongos.com

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DIY How to Making of Patrick Blanc Style Green Wall Vertical Garden

http://diygreenwalls.blogspot.com/

Great new How-To info. Most common questions about making green walls answered here with links to materials

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DIY Homemade Hydroponic Vertical Garden and Urban Farm in South Florida


John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits fellow YouTuber’s place to see whats Growing On! In this episode you will learn about Art’s Homemade Do It Yourself Hanging Hydroponic Vertical Garden. You will also see some creative ways to reuse some commonly discarded items that enable him to grow more food. In addition, you will discover how you can use a plastic barrel or plastic tote to store your rain water and the find out the best source for barrels and totes in South Florida.

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