What’s an olla? That was one of my first questions when I first heard the word. The basic definition of an olla is an unglazed pot. Ollas have been used for centuries for irrigation in dry…

Do you know how to water raised bed gardens? This is the best method for a vegetable garden watering system. This is drip irrigation for raised beds. It is a simple vegetable garden watering system diy. Learn how to water a garden without a hose. Find more watering a garden ideas, watering vegetable garden tips, and gardening ideas.

From hand watering to drip lines to a set-it-and-forget it raised bed irrigation system, find out which option is best for your garden.

Learn about why you might want to add a self watering raised bed to your garden. Opt for an easy-to-assemble kit or go the DIY route.

This simple hack will save you time and money when you are struggling to water your plants. How to water plants in a raised garden bed.

The wicking bed, or self-watering garden, is not that mirage of water in the desert. Rather, it is one of the most user-friendly growing infrastructures for all the lifestyle, time-poor, lazy gardeners out there. Using the age-old idea of capillary action, water in a reservoir below is drawn up and into the soil, to be used by the plants as required. Ever dipped a tissue in a glass of water and watched the moisture climb up the fibres, defying gravity? A wicking bed works in the same way.

A tutorial for building your own watering system for gardens using simple PVC parts, soaker hoses and basic DIY skills easily & inexpensively!

A wicking bed is a self-watering raised garden bed, and even though the design is a relatively new innovation that is catching the attention of many produce gardeners worldwide, it is essentially nothing more than a large-scale version of a self-watering pot. Self watering pots have been around for decades, and are based o the…

From challenges, great ideas can come!! One of the Green Square, community’s raised garden beds, has deteriorated – to the point it needs to be replaced. You wouldn’t believe jus…

Wicking Bed Raised Garden: I recently moved into an apartment where my landlord said that I could use a small plot of land for a garden this year. I had been reading through a number of instructables on self watering planters and came across a design for a Wicking Bed G…