These nutrients are never really wasted. Whatever your garden doesn’t use will sink down into the soil and be sucked up by nearby plants. Chances are the trees and shrubs on the periphery of your property will perk up nicely after a few doses. As for storage… remember what we said ea...
Maintaining a beautiful garden or efficiently carrying out everyday household tasks often requires a reliable and convenient water hose. And when it comes to ease of use and tidiness, retractable water hose reels are hard to beat. These innovative devices provide a tangle-free solution, keeping yo...
Once you have stored water, all you will need is gravity and a few simple parts. Kits are available for the novice or you can choose to try your hand at a rain-fed irrigation system on your own. Ideally your storage tank will be situated on a slight slope above the garden area or y...
To test the airtightness of our manifold, we plugged the collector's intake line, attached a garden hose to the top outflow opening, and trickled water into the pipeworks until air quit coming through the relief valve outlet. Then we tightened up the release mechanism, opened up the hose ...
Other than intermittent storage, the musty-smelling basement was largely unused, and a heavy layer of dust had accumulated on the preserves (Supplemental Video V2). Preserves were chosen for analysis if they showed no evidence of desiccation or microbial growth inside the jar and, secondarily, ...