July 26, 2005: Headlines: COS - Senegal: Baxter Bulletin: Linda Masters says: At our house, we have Senegalese watering bottles by each tree to keep them hydrated
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July 26, 2005: Headlines: COS - Senegal: Baxter Bulletin: Linda Masters says: At our house, we have Senegalese watering bottles by each tree to keep them hydrated
Linda Masters says: At our house, we have Senegalese watering bottles by each tree to keep them hydrated
Our friends' son recently returned from a two-year stint in the Peace Corps in Senegal where he spent time teaching the Senegalese how to plant trees and plants while he lived in a hut with no electricity or running water. Although he was the teacher, in many ways he was a student. He learned many things including how wasteful we Americans are. The villagers found a way to use everything.
Linda Masters says: At our house, we have Senegalese watering bottles by each tree to keep them hydrated
Learning from others
Linda Masters
Linda Masters
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BULL SHOALS — With all the hot, dry weather, plants and trees need water. At our house, we have Senegalese watering bottles by each tree to keep them hydrated.
If you've never heard of Senegalese watering bottles, you're probably not alone — neither had I until recently. Our friends' son recently returned from a two-year stint in the Peace Corps in Senegal where he spent time teaching the Senegalese how to plant trees and plants while he lived in a hut with no electricity or running water. Although he was the teacher, in many ways he was a student. He learned many things including how wasteful we Americans are. The villagers found a way to use everything. They often went through his garbage and toted off most of it to put it to some kind of use. Using something instead of throwing it away brings us back to the Senegalese watering bottles.
To make one, take an empty plastic bottle of some kind (soda bottle, water bottle, etc. — milk bottles don't work well). Use a pin or needle to make about six holes in the neck of the bottle (don't make the holes too large). Fill the bottle with water, place the lid on tightly and stand the bottle upside down in your flower bed or near a tree. The water will leak out slowly, self-watering the plants and trees. It works really well.
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