Herb Spiral – permaculture

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by admin in herbs | 18 Comments »

Dick Pierce shows you how to make an herb spiral with rocks, straw, soil, herbs, and water.

Duration : 0:5:57


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18 Responses

  1. crisolsan Says:

    GREAT VIDEO. PLEASE …
    GREAT VIDEO. PLEASE ESPREAD THE IT

  2. tabletopphoto Says:

    And straw as a …
    And straw as a growing medium doesn’t create deficiencies?

  3. Peripatetic1618 Says:

    look up the Kraft …
    look up the Kraft paper pulp process and the bleaching process of paper.

  4. Jefferdaughter Says:

    Tiowey – thankf for …
    Tiowey – thankf for the reply. I am not aware of any specific research – but was merely asking if anyone readling this knew whether chemical residues from the cardboard and paper were present.

    I am aware that they are often used in gardening – and aware that significant amounts of non-environmentally friendly chemicals ARE used in the manufacture of paper and cardboard.

    Thanks again for a great demo vid.

  5. tiowey Says:

    the use of (not …
    the use of (not shiny or very colorful) cardboard and paper are a common practice in gardening, whatever leftover residues that are not broken down by the microbes or plants i think are negligible, but feel free to present research that says otherwise

  6. Jefferdaughter Says:

    How ‘organic’ is …
    How ‘organic’ is the cardboard? In other words, does it have chemical residues that we may not want to be taken up by plants that we eat?

  7. allymetoo Says:

    Excellent Idea.
    Excellent Idea.

  8. tiowey Says:

    put down kitchen …
    put down kitchen scraps and water the area

  9. tezcatlipoca17 Says:

    what do you do …
    what do you do before you put the cardboard down?

  10. tiowey Says:

    weirdly enough it …
    weirdly enough it get’s continually dismantled and reassembled for education purposes, like that temple in China

  11. RonPaulHopeForUSA Says:

    I would love to see …
    I would love to see a video of what that herb garden looks like now!

  12. 88simran Says:

    have you played …
    have you played with EM-1(effective microorganisms) and bokashi to increase microbial activity and nutrient breakdown/availability

  13. garthmarenghii Says:

    sweet
    sweet

  14. soulrebel888 Says:

    Im trying to get …
    Im trying to get some of the locals in rural china to get some of these, and the next season i plan to make. But can someone tell me some of the benifits, oint for point.

  15. precisionbones Says:

    nice
    nice

  16. tiowey Says:

    this spiral is rial …
    this spiral is rial herby! (thanks)

  17. BEACHSURF Says:

    SPELLING MISTAKE : …
    SPELLING MISTAKE : Spirial?!

  18. X5ARA Says:

    Fantastic video, …
    Fantastic video, thank you!
    I now know what’s wrong with my herb spiral, I’ll have to rebuild it :)

    It’s more videos like this that we need. Simple, straight to the point and easy to follow!

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