Tag Archive for ‘ollas’

RAIN, RADIATION, RESTRICTIONS

Appreciate everyone’s emails and letters of concern over the possible arrival of a radiation cloud that is “reportedly” coming our way. For what it’s worth, here’s what the UN Weather Forecast has to say.

EVERY DROP COUNTS

We can’t sing the praises enough of clay pot irrigation, an ancient method of plant irrigation – considered the original drip irrigation system. And yes the ollas are 100% LEAD-FREE

AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD

Lots has happen this week – we lost Amy, upgraded the blog and more. So we are taking a bit of break of sorts since it was a week of considerable stress and little sleep.

We do have some great post formulating that we are working as we hope to bring you more “homestead happenings”

MORE OLLAS!

The other day we received our spring shipment of ollas – so ya’ll who have been waiting for them we are shipping them out this week! Thanks for your patience.
For you local yokels, if know someone who is an avid gardener/homesteader and

FROM FARM TO FORK

Good little article but there are some slight misstatements. 1.) We grow 99 percent of our PRODUCE not diet 2) We do buy supplement animal feed (grains pellets) oh, and our goal is “ZERO” food miles! Path to Freedom conserves water while cutting ‘food miles’ from Dervaes family’s carbon footprint By Carolyn Neuhausen PASADENA WEEKLY [...]

OLLAS!

Plant Pottery That Works The buried clay pot or pitcher method of irrigation is one of the most efficient systems known and is ideal for gardeners and small farmers. Buried clay pot irrigation uses a buried, unglazed clay pot filled with water to provide controlled irrigation to plants as the water seeps out through the [...]

HOTTEST SELLERS

Plant Pottery that Works Ollas this season have been flying off the shelves (virtually speaking)  Good news is that the 1.5 and 1 gallons are back in stock so stock up while supplies last.  What’s even better is we are getting returning customers who are wanting more for their garden and they have nothing but [...]

AROUND THE HOMESTEAD

Another picture post.  Enjoy! Chillin’ chickens More soil blocks filled with peppers Wild bergamont The beginnings of a summer garden California currants Huge radishes (these were grown in a homemade self watering container using ollas) More delicious carrots Cob oven Checking in on the bees This & That As you can see from one of [...]

OLLAS ARE HERE

For those customers who have been waiting patiently for their ollas, happy to say the wait is over!  We just got our latest shipment of ollas and will be packing and shipping them out this week. I still can’t get over the simple beauty of these clay pots, they just look so lovely all together [...]

OLLAS, O YEAH

Our water saving ollas were featured in the latest issue of NATURAL HOME (pg 65) PLANT POTTERY THAT WORKS If you live in an arid climate or an area that suffers from drought, try giving you garden a sip from a bottle.  OLLAS are unglazed pottery jugs that can be “planted” alongside your veggies or [...]