View Single Post
Old 05-14-15, 06:00 PM   #103
jeff5may
Supreme EcoRenovator
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA
Posts: 2,428
Thanks: 431
Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to jeff5may
Default

A tiny one by any measure. Cheap and recycled.

Day 2

top view

My parents and the tenants in the farmhouse went to the local county high school greenhouse. They were asking 3 for a buck for plants in flats. 3 dozen plants per flat. Everyone came home with too many plants. I was given half a flat of petunias and marigolds.

The only thing I spent money on was knockoff pro-mix. Since we now live in a condo, I didn't want to use hydroton or rocks of any kind. Kids would find them and have a throwing contest with my media.

The only hitch so far was the old pump.


The impeller sleeve was frozen to the shaft and snapped off when I tried to free the impeller. Luckily, I have a few extra pumps this size. Some 2 ton epoxy will fix the broken sleeve, and then it may go in on the back porch.

The donors are still planting their vegetable dirt garden, we will see what won't fit. My wife is hoping for spaghetti herbs and Roma or cherry tomatoes.
jeff5may is offline   Reply With Quote