Calling all MacGyvers

[waterboy 2.0]

Everyone does it at some stage gerry rigs, improvise, bush mechanic and ghetto tek stuff for their gardens.

I am interested to see what crafty stuff some of you get up too, and may prove useful for others.

To kick it off, my reusable tree guard, got sick of kangaroos smashing tree guards to bits in random acts of vandalism....

Basically a trye with a few holes drilled in the sidewall to tie a round on wire onto it. Just ringlock with cheap chicken wire wrapped around, the background is only high quality chicken wire. The weight of the tyre keeps in place.All materials salvaged.

Last for years, can be moved around and if you are extra crafty can be electrified in series for additional stock protection

Never using stakes and tree bags again.

Show us what a crafty bunch you are....

WB

[Halcyon Daze]

You seriously deserve a medal for that one!

Here's a diagram of a watering system that I rigged up a long time ago for natives in dry areas.

The drum is buried about 10-15 cm into the ground. Basically you pour water into the drum and it slowly feeds out to the plant over a week or two. Pouring water into the drum will also top-up the shallow reservoir at the bottom which a few roots may access and crucially the whole thing provides shade to the root zone from the hot afternoon sun.

Also, it is topped-up by even a light drizzle thanks to the corrugated iron.

A plant with this set-up will battle along for a lot longer in a drought while the others die. Of course the more you actually water it the better, but it's an added layer of safety.

I used a medium sized barrel but you could even use a 44 gallon drum, except a 44 would be a lot more work to fill with dirt. I had a big plastic tray in the bottom filled with gravel as a reservoir. It was an experiment more than anything but it worked really well and I'll use them again if I head back into dry country.

I also use very thick mulch. The more you put in the more you get out.

Edited May 27, 2012 by Halcyon Daze

[space cadet swami]

I hope u came up with something better then this for ur thesis....

Seriously though, very inventive my friend...

[Goldtop]

This is my ghetto light stand and reflector lol, its about as low tek as ive gotten so far. But more inventions are sure to come haha http://s1079.photobu...nt=IMG_236.jpg

Edited June 17, 2012 by Goldtop

[myco]

Haha that's definately a ghetto light setup there light Taped onto a piece of wood with weights taped to it to hold it down hahaha

That's fuckin classic mate love it

[waterboy 2.0]

Lol...I love it too GT, that is definitely ghetto tek You are a Macgyver....

A sheet of plywood painted white will give you more reflective light with a better spread than the foil if you scratch up the bits.

Keep em coming folks, will throw up a few more when I take some photos.

[kadakuda]

Kangaroos....that is such a cool problem to have (probably not for you guys i bet)