LO - Kelvin Power Station

Next to the Plants of the Kelvin Power Station, there is quite a lot of land. This land can be used for the gardening therefore, like in the Kingsmead gardens, the method this project would ideally use would be the normal gardening technique. This would include the following...

If the soil is too acidic,

container gardening could be used.

Kelvin Power Station

By Sasha and Georgie

The Final Steps

The bed would then be complete and the employees would only have to rake the soil to aerate it, establish the lanes for the vegetables and plant the seeds/ seedlings.The ideal vegetables would be vegetables that tend to thrive in acidic soil. These would include peas, beans, carrots, tomatoes, peppers and especially potatoes.

Dig out the soil from the ideal sized garden until it is evenly knee-deep

Place in the bottom of the bed, organic matter able to decompose such as fruit and peels.

Note: Do not put in meat or bones (except for cooked bones) or any seeds/ plants that can grow into whole plants

Methodology

Place half the amount of soil which was dug out back into the bed evenly

Pick a suitable container meaning it is large and sturdy such as a crate or even tires stacked on top of each other

Pat the ground down and place newspapers over the whole bed

At the base of the container put a small layer of soil

Water the whole bed until the water level is roughly two inches above the soil

Place a thicker layer of organic decomposing matter such as fruit or vegetable peels, egg shells, papers and cooked bones (no meat)

Place the remaining soil in the bed

Add a layer of already fully decomposed matter and/ or fertilizer on top

Fill the rest of the container with soil then add a layer of fertilizer or already finely decomposed matter

Outside Funding

The Kelvin Power Station needs help to create this garden. Any outside donations would help encourage and convince the workers and bosses that the garden could actually be a very good project to build on. More importantly, due to the Power Plant, the atmosphere has absorbed a lot of CO2. This includes the soil, meaning, the soil is very acidic. Funding from outside sources will allow the employees to spend money enriching the soil to assure it is not too acidic.

The Learning Opportunity

The employees of the Kelvin Power Station work

in an industry that is harming the environment. This might lead them to believe that either it is useless to help the environment or that they cannot help the environment. We believe that this is not the case. By growing and tending their own garden, they will learn in a hands on experience that they can be involved with nature. This will teach them how to grow their own gardens at home, meaning that it could open them up to a whole new hobby with many benefits.

Health

The employees in the Kelvin Power Station are constantly surrounded by thick, harmful fumes and intense amounts of CO2. We believe that this constant surrounding of harmful gases could make these workers unhealthy. A sustainable vegetable garden will provide an area free of CO2 (because the plants would ingest it) for the workers to eat or relax. More importantly, the vegetables produced by this garden will provide a healthy source of food for these workers to ensure that they are

eating nutritious and healthy food.

The Importance of

a Vegetable Garden

We, Project Managers of the Food Gardens Foundation, hope that once the garden has been started, the employees will take a few minutes to tend to it. In return, we believe that the employees should take home their grown vegetables to eat. This is mainly due to its needed health benefits and learning opportunity.

What Is It?

The Kelvin Power Station is a coal plant designed to produce fossil fuel energy. This power station is located in Johannesburg near the Tambo International Airport. The Kelvin Power Station was built in the 1950s and is currently under refurbishment to reestablish the plant to its original output.