The only problem with all of these, commercial and/or homemade, is that they contain plastic. Have you read The World Without Us? I highly recommend it. He describes how even the so-called biodegradable plastics, over time, degrade into smaller and smaller pieces that are mistaken for food by the organisms on the bottom of the food chain--and then either kill those organisms or get passed up the so-called "higher" life forms. He also says that studies have determined that about 80% of the plastics that are making such a mess of the oceans actually come from land, not from ships or other ocean-going sources. How about good old clay pots?Judy from Detroit.> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 20:40:40 -0700> To: [email protected]> From: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Using the EarthBox Container Gardening in Community Gardens> > Anyone interested in using self-watering raised-bed boxes with > attached trellises can find plans for building your own at a fraction > of the cost of the manufactured ones. Google> > earthtainers> > to find details. One of these can hold 2 tomato plants. Lots of folks > have been experimenting with these, and some have made dozens, mostly > for small urban lots (and tomato growers whose sunny space is in > paved areas). I'd guess that even the cost of homemade variety would > be prohibitive for community gardeners, unless the soil is so > contaminated that raised beds and imported soil are a must.> > But with some funding, building a bunch of these could be a fun > "decentralized mini victory gardens" community service project -- > give one to people who have enough room for a very small garden. The > community-building part could be, say, seed distribution and > gardening classes.> > _______________________________________________> The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org> > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090210/98cec72e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org
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