Planter boxes building 3 (filling with dirt)

September 26, 2020


We have finally gotten the dirt that will be going in the planter boxes delivered (It was delivered one week ago). It was delivered on the back of a huge truck that drove up and dumped it all in a big heap on our driveway. I had previously not really understood the scale of what 11.5 cubic yards of dirt would look like. It was about 25,300 pounds of dirt (or 11,475 kg) and the resources that we had to move it were 1 wheelbarrow, 3 shovels, my brother, my sister, and me. Needless to say, we are not nearly done yet. It is a ridiculously large amount of dirt to move but we are making progress (however hard it may be to see) and I am excited to see us getting closer and closer to having the boxes ready to plant in. This was absolutely an act of action and I believe that it demonstrates learning outcome 4 as we have been working on this project for months and have stayed dedicated to seeing it through to its completion.





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