Garden+Issues

Maintenance will not turn the water on to the TPJHS garden. Jason has tried having the students water their own plants but this not consistent enough. I’m sure ponds and cisterns will not be allowed due to the danger they pose.

But we just might need a garden grant if I try an alternative-energy, solar-water-heating project. I might try making a solar-water-heating-panel that is 4 foot wide and 8 foot long and narrower than a student’s head placed at an angle to the Sun. It will only be open on the narrow side. Students will monitor the temperature of the water in the panel compared to daily temperatures. Students could fill the panel full of water with buckets.

My “solar panel” that contains a good bit of water will probably have to be funded by me. I will be using light weight concrete canoe technology to build it. Once built and producing data, I will then see how long the panel is allowed to stay in the garden. Once the panel becomes a fixture in the garden long enough it might take on secondary purposes. My mini-grant that contains solar panels, batteries, and pumps that might come in handy to move the water to where it is needed.