These earthboxes are terrific. We acquired 5 of them. Only 2 have the internal hardware, so we are going to have to get created to come up with our own pieces for the guts. Ordering those parts online will be about $30 per unit, so can't see spending $100 on plastic parts. if you are not familiar, here is the concept. Plastic tub, with a plastic "screen" on the bottom, about 2/3 of the way down. This screen sits on a grid of plastic risers to keep it at a certain depth in the box. The plastic pipe in the top is the conduit for adding water to the unit. Water fills up the bottom reservoir up to the bottom of the plastic screen. A weep hole just underneath the logo sticker on the front prevents you from overwatering. The earthbox works by the wick method of pulling water up towards the top soil which is dry. The plants absorb the water/nutrient and as the soil dries out, water naturally wicks it way back up. Here is a another photo.
This is has lettuce growing.
These earthboxes are terrific. We acquired 5 of them. Only 2 have the internal hardware, so we are going to have to get created to come up with our own pieces for the guts. Ordering those parts online will be about $30 per unit, so can't see spending $100 on plastic parts. if you are not familiar, here is the concept. Plastic tub, with a plastic "screen" on the bottom, about 2/3 of the way down. This screen sits on a grid of plastic risers to keep it at a certain depth in the box. The plastic pipe in the top is the conduit for adding water to the unit. Water fills up the bottom reservoir up to the bottom of the plastic screen. A weep hole just underneath the logo sticker on the front prevents you from overwatering. The earthbox works by the wick method of pulling water up towards the top soil which is dry. The plants absorb the water/nutrient and as the soil dries out, water naturally wicks it way back up. Here is a another photo. 
This is has lettuce growing.
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