Ten women got together at my house to build their own self-watering container gardening systems. We had a great time together. Each system was personalized with their own plants. The following day I visited each of their homes to make sure everything was working properly and to enjoy what they had made.
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nice. it looked like they had a great time, and were really proud of the work they did,and knowledge they gained
Very cool to share that knowledge and then to have that many people wanting to obtain that knowledge!
This is not a very good design! It will work but it was made a lot more difficult than necessary.
WOW!! That's AWESOME how you share your knowledge with the people in your church and all of us!! Thanks to you, a LOT of people are going to be fed fresh fruit and veggies from their own gardens. Now, that's making a DIFFERENCE!! THANK YOU!!!
@thegarden65721 disagree
You inspire me! Thanks for sharing all of your ideas.
where did you get all those buckets?!
@kookingkorner Any Grocery Store with a bakery is a good place to get free buckets. I checked locally and most are already saving them for people, for the asking, instead of throwing them away. They have many sizes and shapes. I have received 1, 3, 4-1/4, and 5 gallon round buckets along with some rectangle ones. So grab the phone book, call the stores and ask the bakery section if they save them.
@kookingkorner The women brought them. They either purchased them at Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot or got them free at bakeries.
@KayakFisher01 Thanks for helping out. Great comment.
@thegarden65721 I, like others here, are curious. Do you have a better design. If so please provide links. We are all hear to learn.
@dinocalif Yes, Larry Hall. I really like his system too.
God Bless you for your sharing so much with everyone. What a wonderful thing to see. I hope to get mine started this weekend, and seeing everyone having fun at it, makes so much of a difference. It encourages me so much. Thank you again for your beautiful service to so many.
Hey bud. Great project. I am having trouble finding the float valve. I've tried my Ewing in DFW but to no avail. I also can't find dolomite. I tried Calloways, Home Depot, and Lowes. Any help would be appreciated.
This was so much fun and gave me extra motivation to continue my prepping efforts! Once you start, you won't want to stop! Thank you for the time and effort you put into this class. I can't wait to participate in another class and maybe even teach one!
@petersonjt search google for "mini pvc float valve". Go to a nursery not HD or Lowes for the Agricultural Limestone or Dolomite and Perlite. We found Lowes had the best price on the peat moss.
@TheNBChica I am really glad you enjoyed it. I sure did.
@SilverCitySlicker500 Yes I am. LDS is short for Latter-day Saint, which is short for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are often referred to as Mormon because of the Book of Mormon. I find most people of any faith or of no faith who go to the LDS cannery have a great experience. The people who work there do so on a volunteer basis and are there because they want to help, not preach. I'm glad you had a great experience too.
Nice!!
Great project!
How does the water from the bottom of the bucket get all the way to the top plant in the top of the bucket? Is it because of evaporation? I understand the rest of how it works; just not that one part.
P.S. Lot's of people give Mormons a hard time; but at least your church is actually benefiting the community by teaching preparedness and stuff.
@keithlmh She is going to tie a sock from the top bucket to the sock in the bottom bucket to continue the siphon effect. It is a test. We'll let you know how it goes.
I understand the two bucket test. But when you only have one bucket; how does the water get from the sock at the bottom to the highest part of the bucket? I don't know if I explained that very well. Thanks for the video.
that was really cool.great project
You should put hole in the lids for more plants. I like the bricks better then the duct tape.
@ByNatureFarms We have the maximum number of plants per container that we felt we could put in in order to ensure strong plant health. However, I would encourage you to build this system and plant it however you like. We would love to see your videos of how it goes. We are all here to learn.
Very cool! Do you have like a written instruction sheet & maybe templates? Might be cool to have a make & take kind of thing like that in our branch here in Iowa. 🙂 I'm sort of the un-official preparedness lady in our Relief Society. LOL! 🙂 My Mom would be so proud! 😉
I don't have written instructions. I do show all the steps and the needed materials in my series. It took us about 4 hours to complete the make and take. I had my uncle helping. He was a lot of help. I would recommend having a lot of drills, a couple of wheel barrows for mixing and someone that is handy with tools to help. And some extra buckets. The biggest problem was boring out the holes and not making them too big. Have fun. Make a video.
You can do it any way you want. I'm just sharing how we did it. Have fun and experiment.
Do the socks deteriorate after a while and if so, how long does it take? Would using those little "net" containers that hydroponic growers use be better for a wick system? I'm considering repurposing reusable coffee filter baskets. Those usually have some kind of metal screening so I don't know if that would affect the plants any. Are the gray and orange containers the women used food grade plastic?
I don't know how long the socks will last. I imagine they would deteriorate after several years. I like using cloth because no soil mix come into contact with the water in the water container. Which reduces the chances of the tubing getting clogged. You can use net cups.
Yes, I am. That is why my channel is called LDS Prepper. LDS is short for Latter-Day Saint. Which is short for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are often referred to as Mormon because of the Book of Mormon. We typically refer to ourselves as LDS.
why is that strawberry tub filled with compost but the strawberries aren't in??
I would like to use this set up but have limited space, can I stack the ulimate containers? Will the water system still work?
Nevermind, just watched the end- so can I put as many buckets as I want as long as I connect them with a sock?
It isn't 100%. It is tricky to get the water to wick that high.
Did anyone else see the turtle
David, Ive watched all of your videos and my husband has built us some raised beds.W e are going to use the Mitlieder method but we also have set up buckets for self watering our tomatos and peppers. I have read the Mittlieder book front to back, I have all my engredients for my preplant mix and weekly feed. How do I calculate how to feed my bucket plants with the weekly feed?