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http://www.gardentowerproject.com This animation demonstrates how the Garden Tower works and what it's capable of offering.

The Weekly Special visits the Garden Tower Project, a unique self-contained garden and composting system that is changing the potential of urban farming.

For more information on the Garden Tower Project, visit: http://www.gardentowerproject.com/

Food crops and ornamentals can easily be grown in different types of barrels. It can help people to an important quantity of fresh food and it can embellish the environment.

Want to grow your own food and herbs but don't have the soil or the space? These Garden Barrels can make a big difference. They hold over 50 plants in just 4 square feet and incorporate composting worms for aeration and fertility. This video will take you step by step though the construction process. We sell accessories for the Garden Barrel at www.half-pinthomestead.com. Grow Something Good!!

In this episode of Around the Home, I show how to construct a garden barrel capable of housing 50 plants in a four square foot area. It includes a worm composting tube as well. I originally found this idea in the below video and it is well worth the watch. I am hoping it is a compact way to grow organic vegetables and compost at the same time.

Check out the June 2014 garden update video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZLb...

The Half-pint Homestead Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufEQ6Z...

Showing the technique I used for the thick walled barrel.

In this clip you will learn how to make a strawberry and herb barrel for the use in small gardens.
Herbs that can be planted using this barrel method:

Note; all the ones in the category at the side can also be planted on top. It also depends allot on, if you let them get big in the second year.

THYME, at the side
CORIANDER, at the side
PARSLEY, at the side
DILL, at the side
Chives, at the side
Garlic, at the side

ROSEMARY, on top
Fennel Seeds, on top
Mustard, at the top
Oregano, on top
Tarragon, on top
Sage, on top
MINT, on top

Vertical Gardening: Build a Grow Barrel with a worm feeding tube.
Build a strawberry barrel and grow 30 plants or even more in the space of one Vertically. Maximize your strawberry growing space or any other plants by converting a barrel into a vertical garden.
Lets make a strawberry planter barrel that will last for years. Mine holds 30 plant but could hold more.
Thank you for watching hope it helped in some way.
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Colin Cudmore, talking about the fundamental benefits of the composting vertical Garden Tower container gardening system. See it in action at http://www.gardentowerproject.com (there is a ton of great info to check out). Also see it on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/gardentowerpr.... View the youtube playlist to see growing Garden Towers. Organic gardening anywhere and everywhere!

Kristi Armes gives a brief summary of summer planting of her Garden Tower. July vegetable garden planting is easy, fun and rewarding! http://www.gardentowerproject.com -- Garden Tower 2 Now Available -- http://bit.ly/GardenTower2

Kristi Armes gives a brief summary of worm composting with her Garden Tower. Simple, low maintenance red wiggler vermicomposting feeds your vegetables organically. http://www.gardentowerproject.com

Garden Tower Setup Series: Out-of-box assembly of a Garden Tower; a "how to" plus useful tips and suggestions. http://www.gardentowerproject.com

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How to set up garden tower part 1. Review of the Garden Tower.

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Thank you all for getting us here and allowing us to make the highest performance urban gardening system ever. With great appreciation, the Garden Tower Project.

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Now that you have the basics of this system by watching the first two videos I share with you my "ultimate container". I don't know of a better container to produce more food in less space than this ultimate container. Due to many reasons including the variations of plants, the density of planting and the ability to stack these containers make them the ultimate container for container gardening. Imagine being able to grow forty plants in a one foot area!

See more videos and other info about urban farming at: http://localblu.com

James and Rishi from TheGrowingHome.net prepare a potato barrel for maximizing potato yield in a small space. They use an advanced soil preparation which includes organic compost, horse bedding, vermicompost, leaf mold, gypsum rock dust, and peat moss. They hope to have 40+ lbs of potatoes when all is said and done.

Description: We used a 35 Gallon barrel, with the Mittleiders Method Laws of growing and the weekly feed.
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Harvest time for five seed potatoes planted in one dustbin. In this video I show you how many potatoes I harvested from my black plastic container planted with five seed potatoes. Not a fantastic harvest but every one of them was totally delicious.
Potatoes can be grown in many types of containers from plastic bags to large containers. Ideal for those of us who have restricted space in their garden and love the taste of fresh own grown potatoes. I have even had potatoes growing in my compost bin from old potatoes thrown out to be composted!
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2011 Planting of Yukon Gold and Red Skin Potatoes some in 5 gallon pails and some in the garden spot. The pails have drain holes in the bottoms with the bottom layer being a light sandy soil and the remainder 100% composted leaves.
https://www.youtube.com/user/LDSPrepper

Harvested first two buckets.

Harvesting Red Potatoes from a Garbage Can from happymoneysaver.com

Have been growing in wicking beds/barrels for about 4 years & have been most impressed with the small amount of water they use as well as their ability to pump out the veggies.. Thought it was time to post an updated clip showing a few improvements & additions that have been made over the past few years to the wicking barrel design..

The one thing I have left out of this clip & hope to cover in another is the use of compost worms & the benefits they bring to a wicking system like this.. This clip is long enough methinks ;)

Harvest clip for the sweet potatoes planted in this barrel,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4UAT...

Below are some clips & links that you might find useful if you are interested in having a go at making up your own wicking barrel, garden bed or container..

Scarecrows Garden blog was the first place I saw wicking beds & fell for them straight away due to our climate & our desire to conserve water.. Thanks Scarecrow :)
http://scarecrowsgarden.blogspot.com....

Colin Austin's Wicking bed web site..
http://www.waterright.com.au/

JT's Wicking Bed Project on the Backyard Aquaponics forum.. Love the water cells JT has made up for his beds..
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/for...

Chris's first Wicking bed clip with soil/gravel wicking comparison..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0kjb...
& part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx18A0...


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