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Long Time, No Update

September 2, 2019 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

Wow, I just took a look at our blog and it’s been 5 years since our last post. There definitely has been a lot happening since that time. We had all the intention of creating and keeping this blog going over the years but then kids happened. Our oldest is 5 years old and we […]

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Wicking beds from IBC scrap

July 21, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

In an earlier post I made a suggestion about what to do with the IBC tote scrap after cutting them up for aquaponics. The suggestion was to use it for making wicking beds. Below you can find the picture of my wicking bed with the tote scrap. A wicking bed is essentially 24″ or less […]

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Setting up drip irrigation

July 15, 2013 by Jason Diehl Leave a Comment

So far we’ve been following Back To Eden Film for our garden. Of course this is the very first year and we didn’t even get a full 6 months to let it set before using the garden. As such it hasn’t been going as well as we planned. However, it’s just the first year, so […]

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What to do with tote scrap

June 27, 2013 by Jason Diehl 1 Comment

I finished cutting up my IBC totes tonight for the aquaponics setup we are building. And I was sitting there looking at the scraps and thinking that surely I could use some of that. The resulting scrap was 2 metal bottoms the are like a pallet to be used with a fork lift. A scrap […]

Filed Under: Gardening, Homesteading Tagged With: gardening, IBC totes, raised bed, repurpose, wicking bed

Moringa: The Super Tree

June 25, 2013 by Jason Diehl 3 Comments

Just this year, while studying various methods of self-sufficiency, I found a very interesting tree. It’s called the moringa tree. This thing grows a foot every month, has more nutrients than like 5 vegetables combined, and the powder of the seeds purify water. It’s crazy how powerful this tree is. It even lives through drought […]

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