Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Summer love in the hot-house - self-watering potplants for Vacationing Danes


Theve only got 3 months of summer, so they simply leave Copenhagen for their countryside retreats to enjoy it fully.


Being so near the North Pole, everything gets started off under glass, cozy and safe from snap-freezing.

These nifty little self-contained, self-watering trays are purchased at the supermarket.


The roots can go wandering down for water, without being worried about attack from the anaerobic, root-eating microbes that lurk in soggy, non-drained soil. Osmosis sucks up just the right amount for the rest of the soil in the tray.



You just keep it filled up from this little pouring hole



And the result is an Arctic Circle Eden, that you can enjoy for the whole summer, or at least the Friday night to Monday morning part, while it takes care of itself when you get exiled to the office.

Those clever productive Danes.

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