Readied for some spring seedling growth!

Fast Install  A cylindrical plastic installation in an existing, semi wild garden was possible, single handed. A corrugated, double wall, PE sheet, came in an 8ft roll, maybe 20 years ago, and this amount was carried on shoulder.  The roll was set upright over a pole sunk in the ground, so that intermittent turning and pulling through the winter stalks could follow the round, cleared base. 


Some poles were placed around the base perimeter for initial bracing, but are not roof bearing pole. Woods and a big hill are nearby to provide some shelter from strong winds, but more bracing can be added.  It stands to reason that corrugated, thin, curved, sheets can bear some ice and snow, but storms are watched closely here, and the roofing punctures drain heavy rain, for the soil moist.


The central,  inverted umbrella frame was pieced together before hand. A summer visitor seeing the footing for the center metal rod, and the balanced cement stands had expressed doubts about the balancing of concrete stands. Lifelong prototyping of things inures one to expressions of low confidence in expediency, but we live happily and wish the best for our neighbors. Trust in life! Trust in self too! 


Find a balance of mind and heart, in these troubled days. Nature will settle things if we cannot make peace in our minds first, and then make peace with the world. Let the lower emotions rest for a while. 


Below are remnants of an old webpage, (which blindly tried to sell stands, and understandably none were ordered). We let good, tall blooms grow here for the pollinators and other creatures.


Easy Gardener

Time Saving 

Grow Bags on Pedestals or Stands

Consider grow bags on a pedestal to harmonize nature's need for surrounding growth, all the more for the for the birds and bees!

Grow With Nature & Not Against Nature!

I am exploring ways to customize stands and pedestals for grow bags, having lots of pertaining experience behind me.

Raise the garden bed, all the way up to a comfortable height, at relatively low cost, (hypothetically speaking as this has yet to reach the mass marketing stage). For now, bear a little prototyping cost, for a simpler version, to save time on weeding and harvesting. This assures a significant life style simplification, as i see things: Focus one’s work at the elbow level, allowing quicker work flows, while staying on the move. Avoid back bending and squatting.

A mold for the "Pedestal Version" would be more detailed. My first versions will be cruder.. 

 Mass production could use stone or recycled plastic material, my work is just exploratory.

 What makes the "stand version" easier is simpler, rough and ready modular form work:

I spent 8 years investigating minimalist but productive food gardening, but more as a prototyper of my own lifestyle. Here is a researched gardening outcome which saved me time and labor efforts. Plant crops or delicate plants directly amidst aggressive perennial areas! Some would demand removal of these aggressive perennials. Others of us feel the need to strive for newer harmonious solutions. Lightly prune the most aggressive, tall thick stemmed, overgrown perennials, starting in the late summer.

Here is my older page with concrete planters, which were made and sold decades ago. I am an explorer of harmonious living through continued exploration for consciousness development. I work with simple and practical material methods, to balance my consciousness studies. With two especially hot summers passing, my interest in trickle irrigation and compost-teas inspire me again, to revive older, delayed projects. 

Tick Patrol

Construction projects are tedious on a small budget, in a world so bent on self destruction. However, with consciousness development, the daily work is made tolerable, by projecting a dream, like being on an interesting stranded-island, (which in some ways describes the situation of planet earth). Such dreams inspire some needed energy, to build physical things from scratch. Installing trickle flow watering is yet an additional project, well worth adding to the grow bags, to save even more valuable time, (perhaps with compost-tea for irrigation).

(Disclaimer: Ticks are invading our States, so precautions are advised for all rural-outdoor activities. Maine never had so many ticks as found in recent years. Wild and domesticated birds help to reduce the ticks, but balancing the ecosystem is a struggle on this planet earth.)

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