In this episode of Food for Thought, Anne Zachry, creator of the Learn & Grow Educational Series and her colleague and Learn & Grow volunteer, Isabel Arreola, compare a total DIY version of a self-watering container to a self-watering container made with a GroBucket by GroTech (https://instagram.com/grotechgarden). Those of you who have been following us for a while should remember […]
This is Episode 1 of our Vlog, Food for Thought. This episode is titled, “Food Security During Times of Crisis.” This video discusses the use of an old urban gardening technique, self-watering containers made from 5-gallon buckets, as a means of ensuring food security for individuals, families, and communities regardless of the economy and condition of the commercialized food supply. […]
At first, there’s the female flower with a little green bulb behind it. Pollen from the male flowers, which are on straight stems, fertilize the female flower, causing the little green bulb to develop into a squash fruit. Once the flower has been fertilized, it dries up and the little green bulb grows into a new, developing squash fruit. Over […]
Our Learn & Grow Educational Series test garden was started in June 2013 as an experiment motivated by my personal curiosity about food, people’s relationships with it, their understandings about where food comes from, food education in our schools, the nutritional values of food served to students in our public schools, the relationships between nutrition and student success, and the […]
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Turns any standard bucket into a self watering planter. (bucket not included).
Each GroBucket Kit includes 3 Self-watering inserts, 3 black PVC fill tubes, and 3 water-level indicators
Choice selection of 10 Botanical Interests seed varieties to create a sensational non-GMO vegetable garden. Lovely for beginning or avid gardeners. Comes with recyclable colored box and tie with bow. Botanical Interests, a U.S. based seed company since 1995, is compliant with all USDA laws and regulations regarding seeds. Suitable substitutes m…