Bubble SIP Plumbing Inside a Widely Available Plastic Planter
Part of a Flickr album www.flickr.com/photos/greenscaper/sets/72157646460535762/ Also see this blog post at InsideUrbanGreen.org www.insideurbangreen.org/2014/09/a-sub-irrigated-bubble-s... As you can see the "bubble" water and air reservoir is encircled by a gap. This gap when filled with the planting medium (planter mix) becomes the wick. There is no need for a cloth wick or a fabricated column of some sort. This simple method works very well. Pour water in the fill tube (recycled water bot
Irrigating Tomatoes
-- 7/3/12: Clay Pot Irrigation -- While researching another product, I stumbled upon some links for Olla Irrigation. I'll have a few related pins, as this is a simple and efficient method to irrigate a garden, and might help get mine through our intermittent days away from home this summer. This photo is most similar to what I'll construct, and links to a page about watering tomato plants. Other pins will link to sites about the broader concept of Olla irrigation. #homegardenreality --