Apologies is this link has already been posted. I've learned from
one of the VG project managers that the wattles used in the San
Francisco Victory Garden are constructed from rice straw. Here's a
link to the company that manufactures and distributes them.
http://www.earth-savers.com/index.html
The project was a collaboration between local organizations and Slow
Food National Some photos are available at http://
www.sfvictorygardens.org/cityhall.html
Andrea Jadwin
San Francisco Garden Resource Organization (SFGRO)
On Jan 7, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Samantha Provencio wrote:
Thank you to all who helped me get to the bottom of this. (Before
posting I had checked the PBS site, e-mailed and googled the
garden...all to no avail, the video is not online yet, and there is
no description of the materials used online). I am "gardening" my
treelawn this year and this may be the perfect temporary raised bed
to keep the roots out of the road salt tainted soil...
This is a fantastic group of gardeners
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, William Maynard <[email protected]>
wrote:
From: William Maynard <[email protected]>
Subject: [Community_garden] Waddles for beds
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 12:21 PM
waddles are used in construction as a way to contain sediment from
newly graded
ground at construction sites.
they are "snakes" of straw bound together with a plastic mesh or
burlap. they collect the sediment when it rains and then are
discarded. over
time they do go flat as they decompose as they are only built to
last about 6
months during the rainy season.. burlap could be added to help make
then last a
bit longer.
for short term projects like the one in SF.. works fine... you
could always add
more wattles to the old ones
most likely the waddles were a condition placed on the temporary
garden by the
city to keep soil out of the storm drainage system.
see info on wattles here
http://www.specialtysupply.com/wattles.asp
bill
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