My colleague Emmanuel Coup (our webmaster and 7th and 8th grade Math teacher) and I are spending the summer trying to figure out how to build a garden at our school-- our building is rented (we're a private school) and the schoolyard is recently beautifully repaved and blackened concrete. So we'll have to pirate a site somewhere outside the school fence in the parking lot where gardening will be somewhat safe from wind and vandals. Or if that plan gets vetoed we're thinking container gardens that can be sent home w/ students as a long term homework project.
Emmanuel found this relevant article about potato towers.
His wife, Shirley Watts, a professional gardener, sent along this critical info. re. raised beds and container gardens:
Materials needed:
Redwood Boards: 22 boards 2x12x8 (rough RRO) @ $3.83 Linear Foot: $704
Hardware:
One 10lb box outside deck screws: $35 (make sure heads fit hardware)
12 Simpson ties (stair angle for inside corners # TA10Z): @$6 = $72
24 L Angle brackets (5-1/2”) by Stanley (for outside top & bottom of each joint): @$3 = $72
Flat 6” Stanley reinforcement hardware to reinforce sides: 24 @ $2= $48
Weedblock: One 4x50 roll @ $25 (may need to get at Home Depo)
Wine barrels/Large 15+ gallon pots: 2 (Home Depo or OSH or Rosenblum)
Soil: Davis St. Whole Earth Mix; 4cu yds@ $30/yd: $120
Tools needed for raised bed build date:
Electric Saw (need power outlet access)
Saw horses/table
Measuring tape
Electric drills (or battery powered)/bits
Screw drivers
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