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Conclusion

This method of making gardens is


singlehandedly reshaping our
thoughts about farming. Not needing
potentially hundreds of acres to
farm efficiently can spark
Env. Education
opportunities and hope around the
world, especially in limited spaces Section & Cycle Sack
with an unreliable source of food.
Ultimately, the point of the sack
SITL-1 Gardening
garden as WWF-Philippines
Sustainable Food Systems Project
Brochure
Manager Monci Hinay once said, the Name
point of sack gardening is for
Cloud Jacob G. Chiong
anyone to have access to food, no
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matter where or how they live.
Discovering Sack First Steps The Process
Gardens Setting up your own sack takes a Once you've gathered the materials,
Sack gardens are tall sacks filled minimal amount of time and effort you can now start the garden. First,
with soil from which plant life grows. with the proper instructions, so you put a layer of soil in the bottom of
This concept for a small, portable can easily get started right away. the sack and place the pipe-like
garden is excellent for areas where container and fill it with rocks.
there is little to no healthy soil. Sack
gardens are also easy to set up and What you need
are fairly efficient in terms of using
water due to their vertical nature. A ~20 kg rice sack (or sacks
01 of similar size, along with
soil or organic compost)

01 Trowels or shovels
What's next
02

Shovel the soil around the


Rocks or gravel (to put into
01 container and fill out the
03 a pipe-like container for
sack to the edges.
support)

Vegetable seeds or easy- When the soil reaches the


04 02 top of the container, pull it
to-grow seeds
out gently.

This should leave the rocks


02 03 in a column in the center,
which is for drainage and
water distribution.
All that's left is to plant the
04 seeds on top of the sack
and water appropriately.
Good job!

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