Use locally-available material, simple technics and tools to build Potato Towers to:
- Harvest a high yield of potatoes on a very limited surface,
- Lower potato watering effort (if needed),
- Lower potato harvesting effort,
- Bring foods closer to the kitchen,
- Inspire people through attractive green design.
Difficulty
Easy
Duration
1 hour(s)
Categories
Food & Agriculture
Cost
0 EUR (€)
Introduction
Acknowledgements
The landscape is quite steep at Lake Bunyonyi Ecovillage. Thus, planting in terraces requires important effort to work the ground for potato plantation. Moreover, potato harvesting is also work-intensive as one must dig out the potatoes from the ground. On top of that, the gardens are quite far from the kitchen which adds some effort to the process between collecting and transporting before preparing the food. Finally, the available place between the houses of the ecovillage is limited.
Our solution and its expectable benefits
Use locally-available material, simple technics and tools to build Potato Towers to:
- Harvest a high yield of potatoes on a very limited surface,
- Lower potato watering effort (if needed),
- Lower potato harvesting effort,
- Bring foods closer to the kitchen,
- Inspire people through attractive green design.
Materials
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