At Exton Elementary School, the kids were not afraid to get their hands into some of the good Organic Mechanic’s potting soil and help fill up a container garden. Mr. Birdsall explained to them how it worked, how the water reservoir at the bottom was filled through the bamboo tube; then everyone dug their hands into to bag and pulled up a few handfulls to add to the ‘garden.’

When all was full, we planted some lettuce and cabbage seedlings donated by Mary K. Peterson, who has helped the school build a few nice garden beds at their site just off Rt 100 in Exton. It’s a lovely little setting for a garden, and we hope to go back this summer and show families how to build the container gardens.