o baby I am yours.....
bamboo sticks NO problem.... if in doubt give a little rinse with 10% bleach solution. {I rinse and let th
e sun kiss them dry} have had mine for over 10 years I kid you not. if you want to have starts indoors and move them out doors you have to introduce them to the sun and wind. I set my starts in the garden cuz it has rabbit fence around and then I have 5 gal old plastic paint buckets I cut the bottoms off and then cut them in 1/2 now you can stand them in the ground and protect your baby's from getting beat to crap by the wind. works great around tomatoes or anything really. and costs a WHOLE lot less then cedar shakes.I have had My bucket 1/2's for many years aswell. again can be rinsed with bleach and water.
Tropf Blumat Watering System yes I have looked at that. I use a rainbird system off the pump. I can insert a mirical grow feeder to it and have various zones to control. usto at the old house have a rainbird system that went out of the lake to do everything. That had a timmer and pump. was a really neat system. Have been rereading a book by Resh called Hydroponic Food Production. he shows at spas and resorts how hydroponics can sistain the entire resort for fresh foods. this is where the strawberry tower idea comes from.
Welcome to Dr. Howard Resh, Hydroponic Services go threw and kind of look at that.
now gravity feed. because we have a systren I need not worry about an air stone for it remains cool enough to keep from bad stuff growing. BUT..... O have i ever figured a way to have a gravity feed system. I thought if one was to tie into the gutter sysem off the house or what ever other structure one has. think mini tree house. ok so you have a raised platfrom bassically. now have the gutters run into the barrel on the platform. now tie a drip line you would have to use an air stone a a bit of peroxide in the water. and let nature work for you.
Gravity Feed Kits - Drip Irrigation Kits - DripDepot Drip Irrigation Store ... you can add a battery and timer on this. and if you just don't get the rain you require just fill the sucker up with a garden hose. remember you want a opaque rain catcher. now I should ask do you plan on doing like pots or raised beds or a tower or what for your garden. I ask for you kind of want to hold moisture. weed free blanket is CHEEP and you can put peat or coaco bean on it to hold moisture and keep fungas from growing JUST remember coaco bean is toxic to pets. BUT it sure can keep the bugs and pests away. ummmmmmmmmm mulch.... I asked Fdd and he dose not use emzymes. I believe in them if you want FAST compost use emzymes
Compost Accelerator - Veseys and keep the sucker warm. it just roasts all that stuff into a nice weed free compost.
Mantis ComposT-Twin - Veseys
thats the one I drool over but one should be able to make one real easy. fdd made his. the one you were looking at is NOT very big. and well it would work but not as well as others. the trick is add some water. enzyme. let the sun kiss it warm. and trun it. and you will have wonderful compost fast.
https://docs.co.nevada.ca.us/dsweb/Get/Document-390232/ basic plans for composting. I think if one was to get a BIG drum sealed at both ends. now make a hinged flap with a slide boldt to close and drill holes in the drum and make a stand have a rod. threw with a turn crank better yet a motor you could flip on. {have a thing about power stuff} you could easily make your own better bigger just remeber enzyme, warm, turn, and some water. not to flood it just to make it moist and create heat to bake in the sun. you could make a really neat one have have a ready made tea catcher from the excess water that can come out of it. making tea is easy and fun. just add water let it set to have the solids go to the bottom. you can make one think BONG ok have a bigger pc pipe with a bottom ... ok ya know how you have the opening on top. and then you have where the bowl go's in? there would be a hose with a plug or valve. no hole in the back for the thumb. now have a little spray gun filter or filter paint bag to catch any large stuff. and let it gravity feed your plants you can get real wild with this kind of stuff. making your own nutes is FUN. I will tell you another old time trick My grandpa taught me. coffee ground tea leafs keep em all and always put them in a nice kind of shaded warm area. you can add ground up newspaper. some peat moss, and some vermiculite keep moist now you have a worm bed. when we lived on the lake I always kept my worm bed by the kitchen door. when ever I wanted to go fishing one scoop of dirt and I had my bate.
and I had an area I could always get a scoop from to make worm tea for the garden boxes I had on the house. is this any help at all??? I owe you fellers BIG time... and since I can not send beer or wine or food well my poor explanations will have to do.
