November 21, 2024

VIDEO: Using Olla Pots in the Garden at the Urban Homestead


Justin shows you how to use the Olla (Oy-ya) Pots (unglazed clay pots) to help water your plants in tubs or raised garden beds. They’re a great way to irrigate and were an ancient watering technique that delivers water directly to the roots.

The use of buried earthen jars for watering plants has been used for thousands of years. The hand-thrown unglazed pot is buried neck deep into the soil, fill the pot with water and it slowly seeps into the soil to be absorbed by surrounding plants (not for use around wood plants such as shrubs and trees).

10 thoughts on “VIDEO: Using Olla Pots in the Garden at the Urban Homestead

  1. hello, great video, I have some questions. do you have drainage holes in the bottom of the containers in case it rains? what's your soil mix? do you do most of your growing in containers? and if so what advantages do you find they have?

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