I finished mapping the sunlight for this year’s side steps planting project a few weeks ago, and today I prepped the beds. The only other thing to do between now and fall planting time is to test the drip irrigation.
https://orangegnome.com/posts/3468/side-steps-sunlight-mapping-and-bed-prep
#Landscaping #Gardening #AcadiaNationalPark #DripIrrigation #LandscapeProject2025 #SideStepsPlantingProject #BatesCairn
#DuarteCA #CommunityGarden to be developed at #TzeitelParasCaracciPark
March 12, 2025
"Duarte residents will soon have a new space to grow fresh produce, connect with neighbors, and enjoy the outdoors. Last month, the Duarte City Council approved the development of the Duarte Community Garden at Tzeitel Paras-Caracci Park (2701 Royal Oaks Drive).
"'This project exemplifies our dedication to creating #sustainable, #accessible spaces for our residents,' said Mayor Cesar A. Garcia. 'This garden will not only enhance the beauty of our park but also provide a space where our community can come together, learn, and share in the joy of nature. I am excited to see this project grow and look forward to it becoming a vibrant part of our community.'
"The goal of the Duarte Community Garden is to increase #FoodSovereignty by creating garden plots for community members to grow healthy food, cultivate agricultural literacy with educational programs, gather community by creating a welcoming and accessible garden space, and perform ecosystem services by removing grass, installing a sustainable #DripIrrigation system, building a #NativeHabitatGarden, and collecting #compost.
"The garden will feature 20 plots and two #ADAAccessible raised beds, available for rent at $5 per month. Community members can plant edible (excluding smokable) plants and flowers for personal, noncommercial use. It will include a storage shed with garden tools, an irrigation system promoting sustainable practices, and ADA-accessible decomposed granite pathways.
"The garden will be run in partnership with Food Exploration and Discovery (#FoodEd), a nonprofit organization that collaborates with San Gabriel Valley communities to create edible education sites and provide programs on #ecosystem #stewardship, healthy living, #environmental innovation, and entrepreneurship.
"Food Ed’s educational model will support gardeners of all skill levels, providing supplies and plants for beginners while experienced gardeners can use their own resources. The garden will also offer picnic benches for community #gatherings and host educational programs on topics like #VegetableGardening, #composting, #DroughtTolerant landscaping, and #SoilHealth.
"As the lead on this grant project, Food Ed will be responsible for building the #DuarteCommunityGarden. This includes overseeing site construction, collecting infrastructure bids, contractor management, program management, community engagement and workshops/events, processing plot holder applications, plant and soil replenishment, above ground irrigation repairs, developing the garden’s webpage and branding and overall garden management through October of 2026.
"For more information on the Duarte Community Garden, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at (626) 357-7931."
Source:
https://heysocal.com/2025/03/12/duarte-community-garden-to-be-developed-at-tzeitel-paras-caracci-park/
#ThirdSpaces #SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardens #FoodSecurity #BuildingCommunity #California #SolarPunk #Composting
New drip products claim to deter #insect damage by having #insecticide embedded directly into the drip line 😒
does anyone know of a 4 nozzle faucet timer they would recommend? I am trying to setup micro irrigation for hanging baskets & plants on the deck, raised beds & flower beds. I had a vigoro one bought at home-depot that has started leaking after a year. Looking for something that will have better reliability than that. doesn't need to have fancy wifi connectivity. I just need to be able to program all four zones independantly.
Week three of this year’s landscape project got the plants in the ground, drip irrigation in place, and mulch partially applied.
https://orangegnome.com/posts/2915/landscape-project-2024-week-three
#Landscaping #Plants #NativePlants #LandscapeProject2024 #DripIrrigation #BackPathPlantingProject
The first two weeks of project execution were spent preparing the planting bed and acquiring materials.
https://orangegnome.com/posts/2906/landscape-project-2024-weeks-one-and-two
#Landscaping #Plants #NativePlants #LandscapeProject2024 #EuonymusAmericanus #PhloxDivaricata #TiarellaCordifolia #ChrysogonumVirginianum #DryopterisMarginalis #BeechHollowFarms #WildRootsNativeNursery #NorthGeorgiaNativePlantNursery #CottageGardenNatives #Georgia811 #DripDepot #DripIrrigation #BackPathPlantingProject
"#Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat #drought
The systems use automated sprinklers and #dripirrigation to ensure scarce #water is used in the most efficient way and is not lost as run-off or evaporated under the blazing sun."
#Landwirtschaft #Bewässerung #Trockenheit #Wassermangel
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-sprinklers-irrigation-iraqis-drought.html
Smart Irrigation Technology Covers "More Crop Per Drop"
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https://news.mit.edu/2023/gear-lab-creates-affordable-user-driven-smart-irrigation-controller-1025 <-- shared technical article
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“Placing solutions in the cloud but learning with boots on the ground, GEAR Lab researchers build low-cost, solar-powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible..."
#water #waterresources #hydrology #irrigation #smartirrigation #GEAR #MIT #agriculture #farming #global #watermanagement #watersecurity #solarpowered #precisionagriculture #subsistencefarmers #crops #foodproduction #waterscarcity #soilquality #smallholder #farms #farmers #waterstress #sustainableagriculture #dripirrigation #MoreCropPerDrop #appliedscience #appliedtechnology
Update: I was happy with the test setup with the hanging water bucket and wanted to try the garden hose next. First thing I found out was that I need an adapter that I don't have.
If the system is going to be connected to the garden hose pressurized by an electric #pump, there needs to be an #adapter that not only reduces the diameter of the hose, but also reduces or regulates the #water pressure. With the elevated tank, the water pressure is given by the elevation, basically the potential energy stored by me hanging the bucket up there 😆, and it's not a lot and very stable. But the electrical water pump is stronger, and the #pressure fluctuates.
I looked around for a second hand adapter, but that's a very specific thing. Maybe if I wait a year or two I will see an offer. But our #holiday is this year, and I still need time to test before that. I searched for alternatives. There's a similar adapter by the competitor brand that I could get, #Gardena, but the hose diameter is different on that one, so I would need an adapter for the adapter.
I grudgingly decided to abandon the #dontBuyAnythingNew principle and ordered the blumat pressure adapter. A week later I got a notification that there will be a long delay in the delivery (aka they don't actually have it, it's just for sale on their online shop 😡), so I cancelled the order and ordered it somewhere else. (I also tried to buy it locally by actually going to a store, but it's not in stock anywhere near me.) It's supposed to arrive tomorrow.
But I learned something in the meantime. I had attached the small irrigation line that goes from the top of the ceramic cone to where you want the water to go
with a large piece of sticky tape to the side of the pot, to make it drip into the water reservoir at the bottom of the pot. After about ten days, it became loose. It started dripping a little bit to the side, then more and more. I re-attached it. Then it got completely loose, and I got to see how fast it can drip when the cone dries! 😆 That's why I want to test these things well in advance. 👍
The pepper plants in the test pot are fine and growing well. They had their first flowers and there will be tiny peppers soon🫑. The system so far does not use nearly as much water as a expected. I only refilled the bucket once.
Lookin good 😎🌱☀️💧
#Gardening #RaisedBed #DripIrrigation #Peppers #Tomatoes #Herbs
No idea what I’m doing. But I assume this is better for our citrus than the shitty lawn sprinklers. #citrus #gardening #dripirrigation
First round of pocket transplants complete. Drippers working well 👍
👍 #savethebees 🐝🦋+ #urbanfarming 🍅🌾everywhere!
🍃Harvest your own delicious Spearmint Tea!
On a #street corner or on your balcony with #TheWaterSavingElephant no Problem! Biodiversity🍄Garden with #DripIrrigation 💦 + #mulching + 8: Oregano, Catnip, Chives, Echinacea Basil, RedSpurFlower, Spearmint, Tomato
Developed To #diy 🔧
Let it bloom 🌻
