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How To Make An African “Keyhole” Style Raised Bed Garden. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDS08bMPvU
Here’s a fascinating tutorial by Send a Cow on how to build an African “Keyhole” style raised bed for your garden. It goes at quite a fast pace but provides all of the basic information you need – so you’ll need your notebook and pencil ready! The resulting creation is so much more pleasing to the eye than the widely used rectangular wooden box and has other advantages in addition to being a talking point.
Making a raised bed is a tried and tested way of improving the success of growing your own food. It’s easier to maintain (the weeds can’t get in so easily) and it might keep some garden pests at bay by being raised up. The raised bed may also be a more suitable choice for anyone who has trouble with a bad back or is a wheelchair user.
The design of this round raised bed gives it a very natural appearance, perhaps because it is reminiscent of other natural forms, like our solar system with it’s central source of energy and the life growing around it.
It would be easy to build one of these beds with natural and reclaimed materials anywhere there is a piece of unused flat ground – near the kitchen, as the video suggests, seems like a good idea too – it’s best not to have to go so far for your ingredients. It also means that you can put all of your compostable waste to use as soon as you have made it! The ingenious basket at the centre provides a food and water supply at the same time (some “grey” water could possibly be used here, without detergents or other harmful chemicals). The water that you add to the centre will pass through the compost, dissolving some as it goes, then the solution of goodness will soak through the soil from below to all of your chosen crops. Another advantage with this method is that the plants will grow deep roots to reach the water and nutrients, making them strong.
Related: How To Build A Hinged Hoophouse For A Raised Bed Garden
With a raised bed made from wooden planks it’s not good to plant too close to the corners of the bed as the roots dry up more quickly there, but with the keyhole there are only two outside corners. I imagine that the the part of the crop at the centre would grow better than at the edges, as with many other raised beds, but the stone or brick wall would help to hold moisture – I think I will have to build one and test it for myself!
I love the simplicity and function of the hat that sits on the top of the basket too, it keeps the compost from drying too much in the sun or getting too wet when it rains heavily – the thickness of the thatch on top could be decided by the prevailing climate where you live – another experiment for me to play with. The drumming with this video is great too, if you like that sort of thing!
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How To Make An African “Keyhole” Style Raised Bed Garden. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDS08bMPvU
This Crazy Off Grid Device Literally Makes Drinkable Water From Fresh Air:
According to NASA, the U.S. is expecting a 100-YEAR LONG MEGADROUGHT.
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Every survivalist knows that water is of critical importance. You NEED an independent water source that you can count on!
As an interesting "survival rehearsal" - imagine that you turned the tap on right now and nothing came out. How long would you last?
But what if there was another water source literally hidden in plain sight. That's right, I'm talking about the atmosphere!
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� What Tinnitus Does To Your Brain Cells (And How To Stop It)
After 47 years of studies and countless brain scans done on more than 2,400 tinnitus patients, scientists at the MIT Institute found that in a shocking 96% of cases, tinnitus was actually shrinking their brain cells.
As it turns out, tinnitus and brain health are strongly linked.
Even more interesting: The reason why top army officials are not deaf after decades of hearing machine guns, bombs going off and helicopter noises...
Is because they are using something called "the wire method", a simple protocol inspired by a classified surgery on deaf people from the 1950s...
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What REALLY Happens When You Bury a Shipping Container? (Hint: It's A Bit Crazy...)
Shipping containers are all the rage - but if you are thinking about buying one, you MUST watch this video first:
Do not, I repeat do NOT do what these lunatics did! Can you spot the "fatal mistake" they made?
There's a general belief that if you bury a shipping container you can create an awesome root cellar / storm shelter / survival bunker.
But is a shipping container strong enough to handle the pressure?
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What Really Happens When You Bury a Shipping Container? (Click To Watch Video)
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