{"id":16395,"date":"2014-04-16T18:21:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2014-07-06T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T17:06:05","slug":"keyhole-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/keyhole-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Keyhole Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/06\/square-foot-gardening-plans-layouts-tips\/\">raised bed gardening<\/a> approaches: I really don&#8217;t want to do a ton of digging, and, as an urban homeowner, I need to <a href=\"http:\/\/greenlivingideas.com\/2012\/02\/26\/the-art-of-gardening-in-a-small-space\/\">maximize the space I have<\/a>. So I was intrigued when I ran across this post on the keyhole garden, a raised-bed style of gardening that originated in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The plan below provided by a reader at The Homesteading Boards is intriguing (though also expensive, as he mentions). Make sure to click through to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appropedia.org\/Keyhole_garden\">appropedia&#8217;s page on the keyhole garden<\/a>, and watch the videos available: you may get some ideas for simpler and less expensive approaches. If you do, of course, let us know about it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\">\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepost-4941794104c43f16d1af226c7cbe4e60-top\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><script src=\"https:\/\/1.rp-api.com\/rjs\/repost-article.js?3\" data-cfasync=\"false\"><\/script><a class=\"rpuThumb\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/23VGr\" rel=\"norewrite\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"\/\/img.1.rp-api.com\/thumb\/11689312\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a class=\"rpuTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/23VGr\" rel=\"norewrite\"><strong>DIY Keyhole Garden<\/strong><\/a> (via <a class=\"rpuHost\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/23VGr\" rel=\"norewrite\">The HomesteadingBoards<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpuSnip\">Have you ever heard of a Keyhole Garden? I first heard about it several years ago and the idea intrigued me. Instead of explaining it, I will defer to appropedia A Keyhole Garden is a type of kitchen garden raised bed. The design \u2013 which looks like\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- put the \"tease\", \"jump\" or \"more\" break here --><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\">\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepostMain rpuRepost-4941794104c43f16d1af226c7cbe4e60-bottom\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><!-- How to customize this embed: http:\/\/www.repost.us\/article-preview\/hash\/b542d0728cfc255b73db12b726dbb2c0 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to maximize your gardening space with a raised bed? Consider a keyhole garden. This African-style kitchen garden puts everything you need for successful vegetable gardening right in front of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":17701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[100,23,6877,3556,4955],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keyhole Garden: a DIY African-style Raised Bed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The keyhole garden combines a raised bed with a centralized space for compost and water. 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