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Rosieposie
26th September 2013, 11:53
Well it is pretty cool..

A friend of mine recently recommended keyhole gardens to me and linked me to this pretty neat site: http://www.sendacow.org.uk/keyhole-gardens

The basic idea is you have a raised bed in a circle that rises like a hill, in the middle you have your "basket" where you put all your compost and grey water and you have a slit where you can walk up to the basket. It looks like a keyhole hence the name lol.

All the the grey water and nutrients from the compost you pour in the center leaks out evenly through the garden watering and feeding your plants. It can be made by stuff in your back yard kicking around more or less and is a very highly productive low energy system.

We are currently building ours :). Happy gardening!

778 neighbour of some guy
26th September 2013, 12:04
I'll bump this with the following instruction video's, excellent thread title btw:cool:

Keyhole Gardens are a great garden to make - here is one being built in Uganda. This organic technique is part of Send a Cow's training in sustainable agriculture and is a great home garden idea too. Keyhole gardens survive floods and arid conditions well as the raised bed holds moisture and is 'fed' grey water and compost via a central basket. Help more African families learn how to make these gardens and buy the charity gift of a Keyhole Garden for a friend at http://www.sendacowgifts.org.uk/​build-a-keyhole-garden
http://www.sendacow.org.uk

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