So what exactly is a Bucket Garden?
Plants require four essential elements to grow -
#1 Air {nothing quite like a breath of air for the lungs, I mean uhhh leaves?
#2 Sunshine {preferably sunny sunshine}
#3 Water {good ol' H2O}
#4 Nutrients {like no processed foods or synthetic chemicals?}
The Bucket Garden gives you the power to control each of these essential elements so that your plants get what they need without requiring your attention 24/7 and half of your weekly paycheck.
How is this much control possible? Specially designed bags, sand, and an organic nutrient solution are the secrets to creating the perfect growing environment. The bags are filled with the sand and the nutrient is applied to the sand {and eventually to the plant - we'll get there} to create the ready-made garden for your plants.
Your bags are automatically watered 4X each day for approximately 1 minute. Seriously, four minutes of watering a day is all it takes to create an ideal moisture level in the sand. You can water your garden {technically you don't water it - your sprinklers and timer system do it} and conserve water at the same time!
Once your plants are in a routine - you will need to spray nutrient on their leaves once every three weeks to promote healthy and balanced root, leaf, and produce growth. Why do we spray the leaves with nutrient? The answer to this question is simple. Think weeds and RoundUp. Any fellow weed killer will confirm that RoundUp is sprayed on a weed's leaves to kill the weed. The weed-killing solution is sucked from the leaves into the roots. The same concept applies to the nutrient application for the Bucket Garden - except Ted's nutrients heals and promotes growth, not death {technical terminology = Foliar Feeding}
Twelve to eighteen months after your garden is installed, your sand will naturally become an exceptionally nutrient-rich sandy loam {further enhancing healthy plant growth}. You will promote this by cutting expired plants off just above the surface {after they have provided you with some fresh organic goodness} and allowing their roots to decay in the sand. Kind of violent, but don't worry, they were going to die anyway.
Ok, so now you've got this nutrient rich soil, the last thing you want to do is contaminate it with pesticides and chemicals {trust me, they will inhibit the health of your plants and can poison fruits and vegetables and even those who consume them dun dun dun}. Your Bucket Garden will naturally attract beneficials {definition: a beneficial is a good insect that will repel the bad insects} and use other natural methods to eliminate the bad bugs that may try to persist {to be discussed further in a different section}.
FYI - A 4' x 8' Bucket Garden will produce as much as 30x more than the same garden space using traditional growing techniques and can entirely sustain a family of four year-round.
AND
NOW
For all you visual learners out there - here is the beautiful Bucket Garden {in all her glory}
THIS PARTICULAR GARDEN IS LESS THAN 10% PLANTED!!! All of the primary plants are in, and once they've matured a little more, up to 28 secondary plants will be added to EACH BAG!!! For more on primary versus secondary plants and planting in general click HERE.
Plants require four essential elements to grow -
#1 Air {nothing quite like a breath of air for the lungs, I mean uhhh leaves?
#2 Sunshine {preferably sunny sunshine}
#3 Water {good ol' H2O}
#4 Nutrients {like no processed foods or synthetic chemicals?}
The Bucket Garden gives you the power to control each of these essential elements so that your plants get what they need without requiring your attention 24/7 and half of your weekly paycheck.
How is this much control possible? Specially designed bags, sand, and an organic nutrient solution are the secrets to creating the perfect growing environment. The bags are filled with the sand and the nutrient is applied to the sand {and eventually to the plant - we'll get there} to create the ready-made garden for your plants.
Your bags are automatically watered 4X each day for approximately 1 minute. Seriously, four minutes of watering a day is all it takes to create an ideal moisture level in the sand. You can water your garden {technically you don't water it - your sprinklers and timer system do it} and conserve water at the same time!
Once your plants are in a routine - you will need to spray nutrient on their leaves once every three weeks to promote healthy and balanced root, leaf, and produce growth. Why do we spray the leaves with nutrient? The answer to this question is simple. Think weeds and RoundUp. Any fellow weed killer will confirm that RoundUp is sprayed on a weed's leaves to kill the weed. The weed-killing solution is sucked from the leaves into the roots. The same concept applies to the nutrient application for the Bucket Garden - except Ted's nutrients heals and promotes growth, not death {technical terminology = Foliar Feeding}
Twelve to eighteen months after your garden is installed, your sand will naturally become an exceptionally nutrient-rich sandy loam {further enhancing healthy plant growth}. You will promote this by cutting expired plants off just above the surface {after they have provided you with some fresh organic goodness} and allowing their roots to decay in the sand. Kind of violent, but don't worry, they were going to die anyway.
Ok, so now you've got this nutrient rich soil, the last thing you want to do is contaminate it with pesticides and chemicals {trust me, they will inhibit the health of your plants and can poison fruits and vegetables and even those who consume them dun dun dun}. Your Bucket Garden will naturally attract beneficials {definition: a beneficial is a good insect that will repel the bad insects} and use other natural methods to eliminate the bad bugs that may try to persist {to be discussed further in a different section}.
FYI - A 4' x 8' Bucket Garden will produce as much as 30x more than the same garden space using traditional growing techniques and can entirely sustain a family of four year-round.
AND
NOW
For all you visual learners out there - here is the beautiful Bucket Garden {in all her glory}
THIS PARTICULAR GARDEN IS LESS THAN 10% PLANTED!!! All of the primary plants are in, and once they've matured a little more, up to 28 secondary plants will be added to EACH BAG!!! For more on primary versus secondary plants and planting in general click HERE.
