Comments on: Essential Gifts for the Small Kitchen Garden

By: Grover Hillyard

Grover Hillyard — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:59:12 +0000

Having a rain barrel can help you harvest lots of water during the rainy season. Learning how to make a rain barrel can help you save money from paying your water bills. For you to water your garden and the lawn, you need lots water which can be quite costly. Making a rain barrel is not expensive. That’s some of the best rain barrel information I’ve seen online. I tried to make a tutorial too, hope it helps.

By: Salvia Divinorum

Salvia Divinorum — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:26:09 +0000

Water barrels are a fantastic way to reduce water use in gardening. We have ours hooked up to the gutter system, with the overlow draining elsewhere.

By: Gardening Gifts for 2010 | Your Small Kitchen Garden

Gardening Gifts for 2010 | Your Small Kitchen Garden — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:09:41 +0000

[...] I posted a list that I’d be happy to offer as my picks for this year. You can read it here: Essential Gifts for the Small Kitchen Garden. However, pointing out last year’s list hardly seemed like a big enough job, so I pulled [...]

By: Momisodes

Momisodes — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:22:16 +0000

LOL! I love the idea of a shovel and/or worms as gifts. Some of these are really great though! I love the compost helpers. I’ve also heard great things about the Aero Garden. What a great list you have here

By: admin

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:49:49 +0000

Ray: Thanks for your comments. Making a worm composting system isn't hard to do, and I'll do a post or two about how in the next couple of months. You're right about cooperative extension's seminars. I attended the rain barrel seminar in November and blogged about it here: A Home Kitchen Garden Rain Barrel. I'll do a post or two about making your own rain barrel, also in the next couple of months. In both cases, making your own is way less expensive than buying one already-made. On the other hand, do-it-yourself requires tools and at least some experience with them, so these projects won't be for everyone.

By: Ray Campbell

Ray Campbell — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:18:55 +0000

Very nice blog. I found it when checking out a that new feature on Twellow (Twellowhood) that tells you who in a given zipcode uses Twitter, which then led me here.

We just got one of the Gusanito worm factories via eBay. The company seems to sell them there pretty frequently with no reserve; if you bid low and keep coming back, you can eventually get one cheaper than the Amazon price (well, at least we did).

eBay also has some wooden ones for sale that look like they could be copied pretty easily by anyone with some cedar boards, some hardware wire, and a basic workshop.

On the rain barrels, I think the local agricultural extension service was giving them away – at least they were through a November workshop I missed but which they were promoting at the West End fair. BTW, you can also get a nice plastic compost bin for free by attending a composting workshop run by the state. We can hook you up with the lady who does the workshops if you haven’t already collected yours.