A couple of years ago my co-worker Cory introduced Hannah and I to self-watering planters.
At 5 he helped her drill holes in the top bucket! She loved this!!
A little bit of hard work never hurt anyone.
This is h-e-a-v-y!!
Planting peas (which sadly the bunnies enjoyed before we could) with Bethie, Cory’s daughter.
In the end the planter worked wonderfully and we had lots of fresh tomatoes later in the summer!
Earlier this month we went back to Mr. Cory’s house with a co-worker and his nephew and built a new planter using bigger buckets that wouldn’t need to be watered quite so frequently. (We won’t talk about the tons of rain we’ve had this year that is also helping out! Yikes!!!)
Hannah was much more confident this year and jumped right in there.
More drilling
The bottom of the top bucket. The small holes are for air circulation, the middled sized hold one the side is for the watering pipe and the large hole in the centre is for the cup that will feed water up to the plant roots.
Adding dirt
This year’s finished product. Thanks Mr. Cory!!
I would like to be part of this workshop!!! Looking good, Hannah! :)
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