Sarah is terribly clever as this article shows. She lives at Willandra, South Australia with her husband Dan, nine chickens, all of whom are called "Mrs. Mc Keckie" three sheep, a greyhound, a poodle-X and about one billion millipedes.
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My herb spiral:
Shown here are the 3 diagrams of a herb spiral, obviously you don't need to put herbs in it, you can do Bulbs or perennials or whatever.
The principle is that you can fit more in the bed than a flat spiral, and that you can have subtle variations in microclimate in one structure.
When you build it, you put a section of hose inside, with one end joined to the sprinkler at the top, and one end poking out at the bottom with a snap on attachment to connect ~ disconnect it to the hose.
Winds: It is well worth mentioning the spiral will have a windward side and a lee side. This is important for fragile plants and in areas where wind speed is a major contributor to evaporation.
A lot of plants because of type or location need protection, the spiral affords this.
This can be just protection from the mechanical effects, or hot dry winds, cold winds, salty winds etc.
Gardening is a happy voyage of discovery, I hope you try this technique.
Sincerely Sarah Tyson. http://www.suite101.com/myhome.cfm/willa...
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