Comments on: Keyhole Gardens http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/ Gadgets in Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JKE http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-17073 JKE Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:34:56 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-17073 @James: thx for asking! @John: thx for the updates - I've updated the main video to the new link. @James: thx for asking!
@John: thx for the updates – I’ve updated the main video to the new link.

]]> By: John http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-17072 John Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:25:49 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-17072 Hello James, I didn't actually write the post, but the information is all from Send a Cow (I took that photo, and made the video!) and so it's ok to share from our point of view. The video has moved since the post was made and there is another useful one. Please use either or both of these two links for your blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCXfjzfaco&feature=channel_video_title http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-_6Bog-rM&feature=relmfu It would be great if you could add a link to the homepage on our website too (www.sendacow.org.uk), thank you. Best wishes, John Cleverley Send a Cow Hello James,
I didn’t actually write the post, but the information is all from Send a Cow (I took that photo, and made the video!) and so it’s ok to share from our point of view. The video has moved since the post was made and there is another useful one. Please use either or both of these two links for your blog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykCXfjzfaco&feature=channel_video_title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I-_6Bog-rM&feature=relmfu

It would be great if you could add a link to the homepage on our website too (www.sendacow.org.uk), thank you.

Best wishes,

John Cleverley
Send a Cow

]]> By: James Sofus http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-17070 James Sofus Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:18:33 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-17070 After going through your perfectly structured and point hitting article, I have decided to share it with my blog readers. Can I have your write-up republished on my website with a link back to your website? I find it educational and also intriguing for my teaming guests and since I don’t have much time and energy to write fresh article regularly, my guests will be kept up to date from your tremendous knowledge. After going through your perfectly structured and point hitting article, I have decided to share it with my blog readers. Can I have your write-up republished on my website with a link back to your website? I find it educational and also intriguing for my teaming guests and since I don’t have much time and energy to write fresh article regularly, my guests will be kept up to date from your tremendous knowledge.

]]> By: hkki http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-15476 hkki Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:28:29 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-15476 very interesting system very interesting system

]]> By: "Tchadonline l'actualité autrement" http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-14092 "Tchadonline l'actualité autrement" Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:34:05 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-14092 [...] variante des potagers en “trou de serrure” du Botswana qu’avait décrit [...] [...] variante des potagers en “trou de serrure” du Botswana qu’avait décrit [...]

]]> By: Taylor http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-14075 Taylor Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:12:09 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-14075 I think the idea is that the voided space is the keyhole, not where the actual garden is. Like you could insert a key into the garden. I think the idea is that the voided space is the keyhole, not where the actual garden is. Like you could insert a key into the garden.

]]> By: Felix http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-14074 Felix Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:11 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-14074 Not that it's important, but how is it a keyhole shape? Keyholes are circular with a chunk added onto the bottom, not a chunk taken away. Not that it’s important, but how is it a keyhole shape?
Keyholes are circular with a chunk added onto the bottom, not a chunk taken away.

]]> By: Markets Down, Gardens Up http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-14005 Markets Down, Gardens Up Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:31:59 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-14005 [...] some of the same techniques to boost crop production on very small areas of land. An example is the keyhole garden, which is planted in a raised stone bed that helps retain soil and water and centered around a [...] [...] some of the same techniques to boost crop production on very small areas of land. An example is the keyhole garden, which is planted in a raised stone bed that helps retain soil and water and centered around a [...]

]]> By: John Cleverley http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-13804 John Cleverley Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-13804 We put this video together at Send a Cow to inform school pupils in the UK about life in some African countries. It seems like the video and other resources are quite popular outside of this context too. As the UK education (ie UK schoools) manager, I'm not able to comment with knowledge about the grey/yellow/black water topic, but I do know that many farmers are experimenting with some of these methods. For instance, in Uganda I know of a farmer who moves his latrines (not sure if shallow or deep pit?), leaves them for a period of time and then plants bananas, which do very, very well. Back to keyhole gardens, they do very well in many locations, especially those with heavy rain as well as dry seasons too, so good for the UK. In East Africa (where they originated at St Judes Organic training centre in Uganda) they look different, as per the fourthway link provided by another poster. So, best to adapt them, although the multi-layered approach seems to work very well. If anyone tries them in other countries, please email education@sendacow.org.uk - many thanks! By the way, we also have a video about Bag Gardens and will be making one about Tip-Taps too... <em> editor: thx for your comment, John! Those moving shallow pit latrines are btw called <a href="http://www.ecosanres.org/PM_Report.htm" rel="nofollow">Arborloo</a> - see also our post on the <a href="http://www.afrigadget.com/2007/08/28/the-vip-an-invention-from-zimbabwe/" rel="nofollow">VIP</a>).</em> We put this video together at Send a Cow to inform school pupils in the UK about life in some African countries. It seems like the video and other resources are quite popular outside of this context too. As the UK education (ie UK schoools) manager, I’m not able to comment with knowledge about the grey/yellow/black water topic, but I do know that many farmers are experimenting with some of these methods. For instance, in Uganda I know of a farmer who moves his latrines (not sure if shallow or deep pit?), leaves them for a period of time and then plants bananas, which do very, very well.
Back to keyhole gardens, they do very well in many locations, especially those with heavy rain as well as dry seasons too, so good for the UK. In East Africa (where they originated at St Judes Organic training centre in Uganda) they look different, as per the fourthway link provided by another poster. So, best to adapt them, although the multi-layered approach seems to work very well. If anyone tries them in other countries, please email education@sendacow.org.uk – many thanks!
By the way, we also have a video about Bag Gardens and will be making one about Tip-Taps too…

editor: thx for your comment, John! Those moving shallow pit latrines are btw called Arborloo – see also our post on the VIP).

]]> By: Loretta Fortney http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/05/keyhole-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-13789 Loretta Fortney Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:12:52 +0000 http://www.afrigadget.com/?p=234#comment-13789 I live in Oklahoma - very hot & dry. I'm making raised beds (we have clay soil)- the keyhole garden sounds doable - advantageous. Thanks. I live in Oklahoma – very hot & dry. I’m making raised beds (we have clay soil)- the keyhole garden sounds doable – advantageous. Thanks.

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