Hi Linda and All!
I have been reading intently from Dave's Garden to here - following the creation of the ebucket - with excitement! I learned about the earthboxes, then found a link online to the 2 bucket system, then found the thread where the ebucket was born - WOW!!
That very same day I had been standing in the Dollar Store looking at *everything* with that new eye - could this be a component in a bucket system?
I picked up a colander and thought "Hmmmmmm" is there any way to make this work with it.... I didn't buy it but went home and Googled colander and self watering container and found you guys WAY ahead of my little brain (by several years!)
Nice to know I was at least on the right path though.
I ran the next day and got 10 free buckets and 10 colanders and got to work! What fun! Right now I have 1 two-bucket planter, 11 single bucket planters, 2 itty bitty ones made from small styrofoam coolers, and 2 Big Daddy ebuckets - BIG tubs. One is a real ebucket and the other is a 2 tub. That's because all were given to me and one big tub already had holes drilled along the bottom, so no making it into a stand alone planter. Using it as the top of a 2 tub system seemed to make the most sense.
Everything in my planters is doing really well - the mix is moist, I have only needed to 'top off' the water every couple of days so far and we've had real heat already (in the 90s and the next few will be hitting 100). I'm really hoping this will be a big year for harvest. It has already been a great year for new ideas and lots of fun. :)
I have pictures if anyone wants to see!
Thank you Linda and Coconut and Gessieviolet (gosh I nearly feel like i know you all after reading your posts for so long) for your creation of the ebucket! It is very cool! I can make one now in around 8 minutes without hurrying - they just go together so easily! I've also moved to making my own colander. Those big plastic tubs that ice cream come in work great and we usually seem to have an empty one laying around so - drill holes and voila!
