[permaculture] waterboxx

Marjory forestgarden at gvtc.com
Fri Sep 3 17:40:00 EDT 2010


Hi Lawrence,

That is a useful take on a design.  Now to see if the thing works or not. 

Marjory


Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> On 9/3/2010 2:16 PM, Rain Tenaqiya wrote:
>> Hey Marjory,
>>
>> I have a friend who was very excited about using these in southern
>> California, so I did a little research.  As usual, a lot of new
>> technologies are overpromoted, with wild claims.  This device would
>> definitely help if you have the right climate.  In other words, if
>> you have any Summer rain or dew, this box would help collect and
>> release the water over time, plus shade the seedling and conserve the
>> water, acting like a mulch.
>
> Maybe used small diameter vehicle tires (also wheelbarrow and hand 
> truck -sized ones - they are around $4-5 or less new!) and used tin 
> cans (with a hole in the bottom; many types and sizes, soda and beer 
> cans of aluminum would be rust-resistant, possibly aiding collection 
> of dew and providing longer service) could be recycled to make one of 
> these devices. Using a hole cutter cut a ring of holes into one side 
> of the tire, insert cans in holes, put around seedling; total cost, 
> around $5, emminently reusable, durable, UV resistant. The bottom half 
> of the tire would become a reservoir; the height of the tire above 
> grade would
> provide shade for the plant in addition to conserving water and 
> providing cooling in soil under the tire. You could adapt many 
> different sizes of tires to serve this purpose; the larger diameter 
> ones could be left in place permanently.
> _______________________________________________
> permaculture mailing list
> permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subscribe or unsubscribe here:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture
> Google command to search archives:
> site:http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture searchstring
>




More information about the permaculture mailing list