I am putting together 2 elevated gardens for a nursing home. total square feet of soil needed 12 cubic ft. 1: having trouble with the math. how many quarts needed? how many pounds needed? products are marketed with either quarts or pounds. trying to convert via google not helpful. Would like the most organic setup possible. Been reading about fertilizer, compost, soil, other buzz words i do not understand. Want ideal, organic growing conditions.garden will be set up outside. would like to grow flowers and foods. nothing chosen, yet. am asking for specific recommendations such as ratios for compost, soil, which to put on top, bottom, etc. links to products, specifically amazon, GREATLY appreciated. Thank you.
An ideal mix is 1/3 compost, 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 vermiculite. As for the amount needed you refer to both square feet and cubic feet. Length x width x depth cubic feet. Ordering online is not the best idea - expensive. Shop your local big box stores. Most bagged products are labeled in cubic feet. If you can not get compost use an all purpose garden and vegetable mix. Combine the 3 ingredients well before adding to your boxes. Do wear a dust mask. Vermiculite is very light and you don't need to breathe that in. When planting allow for mature size. Don't over crowd your boxes. If you want to grow tomatoes and cucumbers do grow them vertically. Also select indeterminate tomatoes. When grown vertically they need only 1 square foot each. Determinate varieties need 9 square feet. The plant label should have that information. If not call your county agent for indeterminate variety recommendations for your region. Regarding the calculations. If a box is 3' x3' 9 square x 1' deep 9 cubic feet 3'x3' x 6 (.5) 4.5 cubic feet. Good luck
It will take a little extra effort. The main problem you will have is filling up the tire. You will need an air compressor strong enough to force fill the tire. If air doesn't enter the tire fast enough, the tire beads will not spread to make a seal around the wheel. Then the compressor has to be strong enough to pop the bead. It cannot be done with a hand pump or Co2 cartridges.
Easier in that there is no tube to fuss with. However, some tubeless tires are almost impossible to change without a machine - specifically sportbike tires. The sidewall is very stiff and there isn't much room between the tire and the inside of the rim.
Depends on the tire, the rim and the tools you have. Most tubeless street bike tires are very closely made to fit rim size so there's not a lot of free-play, and using a standard tire-iron is not easy to get it even started off the rim without damage to the tire and the rim. Unless you are changing tires with the proper tools on a regular basis you're better off just letting the Shop do it for the $20 or so they charge.
