Welcome to building an earth box. This is just an overview and when you come to the Coombs fair August 13 and 14 you will be able to see  a demo on putting them together.

The first step is buying or finding a storage container.

 Next is creating a shelf for a water reservoir.

I used some fencing material with 1 inch by 1 inch square mesh and cut it to size.  3 inch PVC pipe 3 inches long  were used for legs or support. Don’t forget to drill holes in the PVC pipes for legs for the water to pass through. The shelf has openings cut in for the wells in which the soil goes into the reservoir. An opening was also cut for the fill pipe a 1.5 inch PVC.

The cages for the soil wells were made of the same fencing material shaped into a circle and lined with landscape cloth.

 Next put the fill tube in you also need to cut the bottom of the fill tube on an angle to allow the water easy access to the reservoir, and make sure you have cut the openings in the landscape cloth for the soil to enter the wells in the reservoir.

 Make sure you drill a small hole just below the top of the shelf of the reservoir so you will know by the water coming out you are full.

Next fill with soil  and water and put a plastic garbage bag over top, cut the holes for the plants and insert. Fill the reservoir using the fill tube. Just refill the tank when needed and watch them grow.

So that is it for now. There are a number of ways to do these including five gallon buckets. Just search Google under making an earth box.

Watch for the upcoming information on  the best soil and how to construct it for use in the earth boxes.

We will also be exploring aquaponic growing methods.