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 Effective gardening in urban environments can be challenging. Space, light, and soil in cities is usually all quite different from traditional rural farming. Here is a page to collect info tips about novel approaches. Effective gardening in urban environments can be challenging. Space, light, and soil in cities is usually all quite different from traditional rural farming. Here is a page to collect info tips about novel approaches.
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 === Indoor Apartment Farming === === Indoor Apartment Farming ===
  
 {{ :terrace_permaculture_gardening.pdf | Terrace Permaculture Gardening}} - an easy to understand overview of doing a permaculture gardening on apartment balconies. {{https://the-eye.eu/public/Site-Dumps/library.uniteddiversity.coop/Permaculture/Terrace_Permaculture_Gardening.pdf|Original source}} {{ :terrace_permaculture_gardening.pdf | Terrace Permaculture Gardening}} - an easy to understand overview of doing a permaculture gardening on apartment balconies. {{https://the-eye.eu/public/Site-Dumps/library.uniteddiversity.coop/Permaculture/Terrace_Permaculture_Gardening.pdf|Original source}}
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 === Bio Scrap Composting === === Bio Scrap Composting ===
  
 Buying fertilizer to grow plants costs money and usually comes packed in plastic. Meanwhile, all the scraps of vegetables and fruit that you normally put in the trash can be used  to make your own fertilizer. But it's not as easy as just that, here we can collect information and tips about composting your own fertilizer.  Buying fertilizer to grow plants costs money and usually comes packed in plastic. Meanwhile, all the scraps of vegetables and fruit that you normally put in the trash can be used  to make your own fertilizer. But it's not as easy as just that, here we can collect information and tips about composting your own fertilizer. 
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 +=== Watering Systems ===
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 +Watering plants takes time and requires one to be available. In urban settings people are often busy and traveling. Luckily, there are numerous ways to keep plants hydrated for busy people on the go and solutions range from simple DIY string to fancy open-source robots.
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 +  * [[https://scissorsandsage.com/2015/04/20/diy-self-watering-system-for-houseplants/|DIY Self-Watering System for Houseplants]]
 +  * [[https://www.zerowastefamilie.de/Ollas-_-der-Wasserspeicher-f.ue.r-das-Beet.htm|
 +Ollas - der Wasserspeicher für das Beet]] (DE)
 +  * [[https://www.smarticular.net/ollas-selber-bauen-bewaesserungssystem-garten-hochbeet/|Ollas selber bauen: Bewässerung mit natürlicher Tropfschlauch-Alternative]] (DE)
 +  * [[https://farm.bot|FarmBot]] - an open-source robotic farming system
 +  * [[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000LLOUHW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1gUMEbX6W0P24|BLUMAT Wasserspender für Zimmerpflanzen]] - (Amazon DE)
  
 === Significant Projects === === Significant Projects ===
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