EDN Issue 144 - Now Available 2019-07-25
In this issue:
- Introducing 100-Fold Gardens: Wicking Beds for High-Density Planting of Vegetables Where Water is Scarce
- Echoes from our Netwok: Literacy and Agriculture and Termite Harvesting in Ghana
- From ECHO's Seed Bank: Earthbag Houses for Storing Seeds
- Books, Web Sites, and Other Resources: Restoring the Soil, Second Edition Book Release
Introducing 100-Fold Gardens
Wicking Beds for High-Density Planting of Vegetables Where Water is Scarce
Dawn Berkelaar and Tim Motis
Excerpt:
Network member Lance Edwards works in Zimbabwe. He told us about using and promoting inexpensive, water-conserving planting beds that he calls 100-fold gardens. These are a type of “wicking bed”; they are lined with plastic so that water pools at the bottom in a reservoir. From there, water moves up towards the plants’ rooting zone. 100-fold gardens are a way to maximize vegetable production on raised beds.