Jeff took the opportunity of not having me around asking dumb questions to set up his gutter garden. He finally found a float valve that would work to create the self-watering aspect...and it does work! When there's not enough water in the gutter a valve opens and it fill it from a
a storage tank. Sort of like a toilet work. I think today we're going to try to connect the storage
tank to the rain gutters on the house. He's got 10 5gal pails fitted
with netty pots that will set
in the
gutter
and water... ready for planting. A single tomato plant will go in 1 pail, 2 peppers in another, a bush bean in another, carrots , lettuce, beets in others, etc. The initial set-up... and cost...are the hard part. The gutters are just that... vinyl gutters... framed by 2x4's. The holding tank is a 30gal covered tub. Bits and pieces have been recycled from old garden hose or are garden house replacement parts. This will expand the size of our garden without having to till up more lawn. It's a good way for people with small yard to have a large garden, too.
Yesterday was the first day of the library being closed for renovations...the day we started to box up all the books and put them in storage and of course, it was a beautiful sunny day. With the help of some fantastic volunteers we were able to box up everything! The library looks so big empty...and the carpet looks so bad anyone can now see why we're replacing it! Tomorrow and Tuesday there will be cleaning chores for most staff and I have 3 boxes of new books to process for inventory when we reopen May 7th. Wonder how much we'll be missed...April 14-May 6...21 days without us!! My back, legs, arms and hands ache from handling all those books. I wonder how the male volunteers feel after moving all those boxes?
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