On Saturday March 5th Casey McAndrews presented her hydroponics design work as part of a Home Hydroponics Workshop offered at Thimble Farm. Casey has been working both with the MVironment Club and on a senior project focused on home hydroponic design. As part of both interests, she worked to create a small hydroponics system made in part from recycled materials. She and the club have had significant help from our horticulture teacher John Wojtkielo and from Keith Wilda at Thimble Farm.
For the workshop, Casey presented a design she had built, including a spec sheet with pricing and directions. This design is one that will be used as a model for a workshop offered by her and the MVironment Club to middle school students later in March.
Note that the system she built using red recycled buckets costs just over $100, compared to a similar commercial system in white that costs over $500!