Thursday Post

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to post last night because I was sick as a dog, but I am posting now :). I wasn't in class yesterday because I had a day full of lovely Marcoeconomics, but I did hear we have a bit of technical difficulties with the barrel, but we won't get too into that. I did hear that Leilani is working with the issues and starting to collect data with our worms. We got to talk with Mr. Hutchison as well and he taught us a lot about what hydroponics is all about. Since we are planning on giving him our bin for his project, we thought it was a great idea to learn a little bit about it. We found out that by using this technique of growing plants he was able to make plants grow with just water (tap, rain, etc), a tiny bit of soil in a small tube, and some growing solution (which can be hand crafted at our school). We all agreed it would be great if we could create a full cycle of sustainability with our composting bin for his project because right now his purchasing the soil. By using our composter he would be able to save money and make this school just a little bit greener.  Right now we are slowly getting results and we hope to have some great findings by next friday. We are progressing with our oral presentation and written report and we hope to come back with more good news this afternoon :).

This is what Mr. Hutchison is constructing and testing for a possible class or big project next year.  It runs mostly on water and creates phenomenal results in plant growth if done right.