Here's the description from the YouTube post, which explains it all:The Aftrican Keyhole garden is a very simple and effective way to grow vegetables in a small amount of space, nothing is hard to reach which makes planting and weeding simple, great for Kids and the elderley. the central compost bin acts as a source of food and water, like a biogenic battery,
I had a zero budget this year for my garden so I used recycled building rubble for the stones and an old unused compost bin, I just layed newspaper on the grass, applied some garden compost, added Bio char and some old tin cans, another layer of newspaper and then a layer of garden compost, the only material I bought was a few growbags to top up the soil and seeds.
Detailed instructions, support packs, etc about this are available from this African charity website:
www.sendacow.org.uk/africangardens
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I wanted to try a keyhole garden in my community garden. I have a space for this growing season only and wanted to max my space and out put. Instead, I tried the bag gardens also from the send a cow site. It was my first time trying it and my first time gardening in this area of the continent, so I am interested in others' experiences.
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