Keyhole garden beds/绿色建筑和可持续的家庭装修正无穷ormation & Advice

Keyhole Garden
Landscaping

The Keyhole Garden: An Introduction

...Keyhole-stylegardens are widely considered an efficient way to produce food because they eliminate the wasted space created by paths found in both traditional rowgardening and raised bedgardens. They also create a healthy, rich soil that delivers maximum nutrients to your plants. The efficiency of thekeyholegard...

Tips for Urban Gardening and Gardening in Small Spaces
Food production

Grow food at home: 8 great tips for growing food in small spaces

...KeyholegardensKeyholegardens are designed to maximize space by eliminating the need for walkways as found in traditional rowgardening or with raisedbeds. The design is also intended to be draught-resistant and deliver nutrients via compost throughout the entire growing season.Keyholegardens are a raised styl...

Lasagna Gardening - How to Build an Easy Vegetable Garden
Food production

Lasagna gardening - the easiest vegetable garden at home?

...garden, for a full discussion on lasagnagardening pro's and cons see here . The steps to creating a backyard lasagnagardenare: 1) Lasagnegardens; Lay out thegardenboundaries When lasagnegardening, design the perimeter in whatever way floats your boat – use a string line, lay down some logs or old 2x4s to h...

The Pros & Cons of Lasagna Gardening for Growing Food
Food production

Lasagna Gardening: the pros & cons of a lasagna garden

...Gardening Drawbacks vs. Benefits Growing lettuce and greens in a lasagnagardenThere is some work and time involved in successful lasagnegardening, but there would be with the construction of any raisedgardenbed or vegetable patch; for example, another small spacegardening solution – thekeyholegarden. Y...

How to use dead leaves in the garden in fall? © Robert J Pierson
Food production

Is raking up dead leaves in fall a good or bad idea ?

...gardenand in flowerbedsYour dead leaves can be used as mulch in flowerbeds, around trees, and in vegetablegardens . The benefits of mulch are numerous: it prevents weeds from growing, protects plant roots from the freeze/thaw cycle, conserves soil moisture, ecourages biodiversity and provides insect habitat. I...