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Lisa Sture

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Market gardener, permaculturist, biochar maker and musician, living and working on 7 acres of a Wildlife Trust wilding farm.
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Llangunllo, Radnorshire Hills, Wales, UK.
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Hi, I thought you might like this idea for a self-watering greenhouse.
It reduces greenhouse watering to just occasionally in dry spells, with the added benefit that your plants will love it (bottom watering) and grow incredibly well, and there won't be excess moisture in your house to encourage mould. Dave adapted the design of a self-watering polytunnel to work with a greenhouse - and it works!
This was filmed in Wales ...

The inspiration came from a co-operative up the road that has a self-watering polytunnel, and I am hoping to go and film the original polytunnel soon. This system has worked incredibly well for Dave. So he then replicated the same system on the other side of his greenhouse, leaving the dustbin part out. He didn't realise when it got dry without this easy way of monitoring, so is rebuilding it with the dustbin back in.
18 hours ago

Lisa Sture wrote:



Hi, I thought you might like this idea for a self-watering greenhouse.
It reduces greenhouse watering to just occasionally in dry spells, with the added benefit that your plants will love it (bottom watering) and grow incredibly well, and there won't be excess moisture in your house to encourage mould. Dave adapted the design of a self-watering polytunnel to work with a greenhouse - and it works!
This was filmed in Wales ...

The inspiration came from a co-operative up the road that has a self-watering polytunnel, and I am hoping to go and film the original polytunnel soon. This system has worked incredibly well for Dave. So he then replicated the same system on the other side of his greenhouse, leaving the dustbin part out. He didn't realise when it got dry without this easy way of monitoring, so is rebuilding it with the dustbin back in.


18 hours ago

Nancy Reading wrote:OK. I can see the link to the video, but it is not embedded (you can't see the actual video in the post) and hasn't completed the scavenger hunt item for you. edit -  It doesn't have to be at the start of the post - anywhere in the post will do.

What platform do you use on permies Lisa? Do you use mobile or desktop view? The aim is to get mobile as the default with as many features as possible, but at present some things you can do more easily in desktop mode.

There are (at least) 2 ways for you to do this. One is to use the buttons on the post creation window - do you see text formatting buttons with one called 'youtube'? If you do, when you are making your post you can just press that, add the youtube link (except for 'shorts' which are a bit more complex) and the video will be embedded in your post.

If not then you may have to make the link yourself using extra (hidden) text. By putting 'youtube' and '/youtube' in square brackets around your video link this will do the same thing as the editing window button. I'll break the code here so you can see:



Thanks Nancy, I always use desktop, I find complicated things hard on the phone. I will go back to my self watering greenhouse post and amend as suggested. Thanks!
https://youtu.be/et3BPw3KgJA?si=NdH6IKks4S89BoCq

Here is some fun I had a few years ago 😍

I have forgotten how to reply without quoting so trying to start the messsge with a video is hard. I am presuming you can only do it when you start a thread.

Thanks again! and Anne!

Lisa


If you would be willing to experiment with me, how about trying to link another video in this thread and we can see if we can troubleshoot it? If you make a new reply and put in a video using the Youtube box, I'm hoping it will take! Any video will do.

Timothy Norton wrote:Good Morning.

After reviewing the message and the linked post, I believe that originally you have posted a Youtube link in a way that it would not show the video but then corrected it. It looks like you are all good, you can disregard Gir's message.



I thought it hadn't because it doesn't acknowledge that I had started a post with a youtube video in my scavenger hunt ...
is there a way to get that box ticked?

thanks )
Hi

I received this message and don't understand what it is saying and what I need to do ...

I am gir bot! A rather limited bot buried deep within the bowels of this forum software.  I come to life once in a while to help with interesting chores!

Today, I have been activated because bio-staff have classified a post you wrote as "Problem with code".  

Helpful links about adding video to post: https://permies.com/t/30463/post-YouTube-video-Permies and https://permies.com/t/207825/Embed-Youtube-Shorts-Permies#1735775

Here's the link to your post to edit it: https://permies.com/t/210468/Dave-Watering-Greenhouse#1763579f
I love all of these designs - oh for a little bit less linearity and a bit more creativity - and a smile! I feel that is what really makes us human.

going back to the original man ... I would like it if he was made as a (water) butt lid. His feet would be outlets into the but and when there was lots of rain (which there often is here), he would also relieve himself. I am in too wet an environment for him to go straight to ground, but into a butt would be perfect. I have a lot of groups come to tour my market garden and something like this would be great! )
2 days ago

John Suavecito wrote:When do you quench the fire from your biochar?



We are a group who meet to do burns in a flame cap burner. We extinguish the burn with a couple of buckets of cold water. I have only known this method. When the char is ready it needs to stop burning quickly to minimise ash and maximise char. Also, the shock cracks the char and makes it easier to break up.
1 month ago

Thom Bri wrote:Not 3 sisters related, but for years I have been collecting plastic containers that had plants in them. I never re-used them and I hardly ever start plants early and transplant.
Something happened in my brain this spring and now I have more seeds in pots than I have places to put them. The peppers pretty much ALL sprouted, three egg cartons worth. A dozen have been moved to pots.
Today I made a dozen more filled with several varieties of cantaloupes. Some seeds are fairly old, 2020, so I put lots of seeds in each little pot, hoping one or two will sprout. If many do I'll pinch the poorer-looking ones.

Next step is to figure out where to plant all these plants, assuming they grow.



Hi Thom
How did the 3 sisters go this year?
Hi Kate
I hands down love the first one, but indicating other sourdough products is also good. Could you take a picture of a loaf and have a couple of other goodies in view as well? I don't even look at what the things are in the blocky design, it doesn't arrest my attention, it is too much like many other covers.

Well done at having written a book! May you sell many
1 month ago