There are several ideas in which one can establish a simple space water efficient garden such cone garden, the multi storey garden the tyre garden, moist bed garden and simple trip irrigation garden.
The tyre kitchen garden has become a popular method in farming technology. They can be designed in different shapes, hight, size and colour using locally available materials. The tyre garden should not be constructed under a shade and the chosen area should be flat.
Construction.
Cut the off the top of a tyre to give you more space, and paint the tyre. Cut a polythene sheet and put it at the centre of the tyre before putting the soil. If the tyre is on the ground, put the polythene.
Pour the soil with a mixture of manure of ratio 1:1 and fill to the brim. After watering, plant the seedling you want. The single tyre garden is good for vegetables and simple fruits like berry. A double tyre garden is for roots crops like arrow roots.
Storey tyre garden
Start with measurements of the tyres from the to. Put a pole at the centre and make sure is strong to hold a number of tires that are having soil. Secure the pole with cement for it to be strong and firm.
Arrange your tyre from the ground, the big tyre should be on the ground. Measure 2ft from the ground then put the next platform depending with the vegetables you want to grow. For a twin tyre from one storey garden, measure 1 metre a part and give each other space for the crop to grow.
The crops should have enough space to grow, you can grow a variety of vegetables in each tyre.
