4.2 Constructing Framed Suspended Garden

• Meaning of a framed suspended garden for limited space
• Parts, sketches and local materials: poles, planks, wire, metal bars
• Safe use of tools when constructing the frame
• Constructing, hanging and filling the framed structure
• Establishing a crop on the suspended garden

• describe a framed suspended garden for growing crops
• construct a framed structure for a suspended garden
• embrace the use of framed suspended gardens for growing crops

“How are framed suspended gardens constructed?”

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1. What a framed suspended garden is
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   A framed suspended garden is a trough of soil held off the ground by a frame, for crops where the yard is small.
2. Search and describe parts
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   From photos, clips or print, name supports, frame, hangers, trough and drainage.
3. Sketch the garden
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   Draw a labelled front view with measurements before anyone cuts. Pre-Technical: design, then tools.
4. Local materials
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   Match the sketch to poles, planks, wire and metal bars you actually have, plus a liner with drain holes.
5. Tool safety for construction
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   Saw, hammer, pliers and wire with space, closed shoes and a teacher-checked hanging load.
6. Construct the frame
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   Cut to the sketch, join a square rectangle, brace corners so it will not become a diamond.
7. Trough and drainage
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   Fit a lined trough with drain holes so roots are not waterlogged and the hangers are not overloaded with trapped water.
8. Hang the garden
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   Hang on two or more sound fixings, teacher tug-test, empty or light first, never over a danger line.
9. Establish a crop on the garden
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   Plant a shallow-rooted crop in matching tilth, water little and often, and keep drips off electrics.
10. Embrace the suspended garden
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    Keep the hanging bed alive: water, check hangers, harvest, replant. That is how the construction is used.