Comments on: USING OLLAS http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/ One family's journey towards a sustainable, more self sufficient life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:24:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: amandahttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-157172 amanda Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:25:46 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-157172 Hello ive heard a main problem using milk jugs is it clogs easily...i wonder if u placed the jugs in a pillow case before burying them....any thoughts on this? Thanks! Hello ive heard a main problem using milk jugs is it clogs easily...i wonder if u placed the jugs in a pillow case before burying them....any thoughts on this? Thanks!

]]> By: » Grieving and getting by in the Summer of 2011 Renee's new bloghttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-128472 » Grieving and getting by in the Summer of 2011 Renee's new blog Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:52:27 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-128472 [...] all over the world. At the very least, I can try sunken beds with mulch-filled trenches and ollas — and then maybe I won’t have to stand for so long in the heat holding a water hose. [...] [...] all over the world. At the very least, I can try sunken beds with mulch-filled trenches and ollas — and then maybe I won’t have to stand for so long in the heat holding a water hose. [...]

]]> By: How and How Much to Water « Dunwoody Community Garden at Brook Runhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-117035 How and How Much to Water « Dunwoody Community Garden at Brook Run Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:14:41 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-117035 [...] the base of the plants. Leaves don’t need water; roots do. Try using an olla, an ancient irrigation method, to concentrate water delivery to the roots; ollas are easy to make [...] [...] the base of the plants. Leaves don’t need water; roots do. Try using an olla, an ancient irrigation method, to concentrate water delivery to the roots; ollas are easy to make [...]

]]> By: Coisas, Projectos e Ideias » Balanço do Fim de Semana… 2011/06/04http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-114502 Coisas, Projectos e Ideias » Balanço do Fim de Semana… 2011/06/04 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:01:54 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-114502 [...] um Sr no mercado que se lhe levarmos o esquema das “Ollas” que ele faz em [...] [...] um Sr no mercado que se lhe levarmos o esquema das “Ollas” que ele faz em [...]

]]> By: Garden Ollas (O-Yahz) | Sustainable Scientisthttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-82020 Garden Ollas (O-Yahz) | Sustainable Scientist Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:43:21 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-82020 [...] first read about using ollas in the garden from the DeVraies family, full-time urban homesteaders in Sacramento. They also made [...] [...] first read about using ollas in the garden from the DeVraies family, full-time urban homesteaders in Sacramento. They also made [...]

]]> By: Savvy Housekeeping » Clay Pot Irrigationhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-60054 Savvy Housekeeping » Clay Pot Irrigation Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:26:49 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-60054 [...] (Via Urban Homestead) [...] [...] (Via Urban Homestead) [...]

]]> By: Anaishttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-58196 Anais Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:43:10 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-58196 @Kate B: We've been using ollas for 5 years now and have 1/2 our water bill while maintaining nearly our 3 ton harvest on 1/10th of an acre. If you do a search on our site for "ollas" you'll find many a post with facts and reference links. Good luck @Kate B: We've been using ollas for 5 years now and have 1/2 our water bill while maintaining nearly our 3 ton harvest on 1/10th of an acre. If you do a search on our site for "ollas" you'll find many a post with facts and reference links. Good luck

]]> By: Kate Bhttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-58195 Kate B Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:36:17 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-58195 <a href="#comment-7431" rel="nofollow">@Emily B</a>, I too am in Oz, in rural South Australia. Have only just discovered (a) this website and (b) anything about ollas. Am hoping to encourage a local potter to go into production. How have you found these worked in the longer term?All the best, Kate @Emily B, I too am in Oz, in rural South Australia. Have only just discovered (a) this website and (b) anything about ollas. Am hoping to encourage a local potter to go into production. How have you found these worked in the longer term?

All the best, Kate

]]> By: Anaishttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-57327 Anais Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:21:29 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-57327 @patricia: Wow. What a wonderful OLLA success story. We love them, but it's even better when we hear from others that they work so well. Thank you so much for sharing. @patricia: Wow. What a wonderful OLLA success story. We love them, but it's even better when we hear from others that they work so well. Thank you so much for sharing.

]]> By: patriciahttp://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/comment-page-1/#comment-57234 patricia Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:39:36 +0000 http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/03/24/using-ollas/#comment-57234 We bought a couple dozen olla's from you last year but only had two beds and few oak whiskey barrels at that time. This year we made a few more raised large beds and added a few more barrels (barrels perfect for the olla's) installed drip lines to water all of the ollas at once by turning the handle on the hose. OH MY OH MY. We have a few whiskey barrels with just drip irrigation 360 sprayers and no olla'a and what a difference the olla makes, all of the whiskey barrels (holding tomato plants surrounded by herbs or strawberries and herbs combined are thriving, just thriving, taller than the no olla barrels. Plants love them, when removing them this past winter, they were hugged by roots of vegetables that had grown with them that past summer. They work and work well, we all have been utilizing the plant nanny a clay spike that holds a wine bottle. They have the same concept as the olla yet can not be filled with the drip lines. look very nice in the whiskey/wine barrels. very vinyard feel to our courtyard now. We love it. We bought a couple dozen olla's from you last year but only had two beds and few oak whiskey barrels at that time. This year we made a few more raised large beds and added a few more barrels (barrels perfect for the olla's) installed drip lines to water all of the ollas at once by turning the handle on the hose. OH MY OH MY. We have a few whiskey barrels with just drip irrigation 360 sprayers and no olla'a and what a difference the olla makes, all of the whiskey barrels (holding tomato plants surrounded by herbs or strawberries and herbs combined are thriving, just thriving, taller than the no olla barrels. Plants love them, when removing them this past winter, they were hugged by roots of vegetables that had grown with them that past summer. They work and work well, we all have been utilizing the plant nanny a clay spike that holds a wine bottle. They have the same concept as the olla yet can not be filled with the drip lines. look very nice in the whiskey/wine barrels. very vinyard feel to our courtyard now.
We love it.

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