Hello everyone. My name is Harry and on Friday I went to an event called Table Matters that was about ways to grow and share food with with everyone on the North Shore.
I did a rough sketch about a compost project and once I looked at it I jumped 10000000 meters in the air!!!!!!!! (it was kinda hard to breathe.) It was a piece of genius!!! A piece of art!!!
I’ll explain how it works:
First you get a volunteer to find some worms (bigger is better!!!) and put them in a bike cart, and then go around collecting food scraps. Then the worms transform the food scraps into compost. When there is a good amount of compost you can go into town and sell it to gardeners!
The only thing that could go wrong is the city (for many reasons, like political problems or laws.) This could go 🙂 or 😦
What do you think? Remember to comment!
P.S. First 5 commenters (from Garibaldi School) will get a pack of sunflower seeds.
P.P.S. (this is my mom) Thank-you to Harmony Garden on the Capilano Reserve for the seeds. The Harmony Garden is growing food and medicine to promote healthy living. The gardeners are also working to restore the estuary because gardens need healthy wild places to thrive.
Garibaldi School Garden 
October 29, 2011 at 9:04 pm
worms are awesome. great blog post harry! also an amazing drawing, TOTALLY a piece of genius artwork! looking forward to hearing more of you worm adventures.
October 29, 2011 at 9:27 pm
I love your composting idea, and wish I could jumps as high as you.
October 29, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Harry,
You are right a genius and an artist-this post is awesome. And I have always believed celebrating one’s self in a public blog they maintain is the highest form of art. Nobody like the Hava-NOBODY!
October 30, 2011 at 4:37 pm
I have the feeling that you are onto something here Harry! Fab little read there-
love to hear more.
October 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Harry, you’ve got it all figured out. When you’re ready to enter the workforce, I’ll hire you! Thanks for coming out on Friday!
November 1, 2011 at 10:42 am
Good work Harry! Let us know when you have a drawing for the political part. Great to have you at Table Matters!
November 1, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Harry, this is one of the most genuisy-geniuslike artworks that I have ever seen. And a good idea, too.
🙂
November 2, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I love your picture Harry.I know worms help the the compost and the soil
November 2, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Harry i liked the pictur and i love the compost bike idea
i think it will work very well. P.S. DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
from Maddy
November 2, 2011 at 1:35 pm
FROM MAHTO
Hey Harry how are?
Very good idea!
Your a genius. Its a good idea with the worms. Its an even better idea with selling it to gardeners!
November 2, 2011 at 5:22 pm
THAT IS A GREAT IDEA MAHTO
November 2, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I love your picture Harry.I know the worm help the compost and the soil
November 2, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Harry, I love your idea! It woud enprove alot.I espeshaly like that you get to ride a bike.
November 2, 2011 at 1:39 pm
that is so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!
November 2, 2011 at 1:42 pm
FROM SAM
composting is very important. It helps the plants grow.
November 2, 2011 at 1:45 pm
HARRY,I LOVED YOUR IDEA. BECAUSE I LIKE THE IDEA OF GETING THINGS FOR THE COMPOST AND I THINK IT WILL WORK.
November 2, 2011 at 5:21 pm
hello Harry, nice art work you got right there. I didn’t know that there was a harmony garden. I saw the pumpkins people brought in to compost them. Let me tell you somthing funny. After school Conrad brought TUCKER[HIS DOG] licked some pumpkins. hope you don’t mind. [ PS, CONRAD PLAYED PUMPKIN FETCH WITH TUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!]
November 2, 2011 at 6:58 pm
This is by far the best blog post (including comments) that I think I’ve ever read (and yes, I have read you Groom). I’m am flabberghasted with admiration!
November 3, 2011 at 8:51 am
This is Harry. Here are the winners of the sunflower seed contest!
#1, Jason!(who is not at Garibaldi, but has helped the garden allot.)
#2 the Oldales! (Jake, Maddy, Phoebe)
#3, Kris!
#4, Mahto! and
#5, Adrian! Thanks again to Harmony Gardens and the Squamish people for the sunflower seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 3, 2011 at 8:52 am
This is Harry again- I will give out the seeds on Friday.
November 4, 2011 at 10:49 am
This is Harry again again. I’m sick today (Friday) but should be better Monday. I’m sorry for this last minute change-in-date.
November 4, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Hi Harry. My name is Jenn – I work at the North Shore Recycling Program and I was also at Table Matters. I love your picture and your idea! You might be interested in some of the things they’re doing at Windermere Secondary over in Vancouver involving bikes and compost: http://www.vancourier.com/High+school+garden+grows+pride+food/3802149/story.html
November 9, 2011 at 2:37 pm
I think your pitcter is very amazing and cool because it is very detail. From; annie
November 9, 2011 at 2:48 pm
harry i love your ideas for the garden. i think you should own a garden store with foods, flowers and that it:)
love jesse
November 11, 2011 at 8:56 pm
do more contests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2011 at 2:38 pm
I dare you to do more contestes. You should do a contest that who ever has the coolest plant wins a prize
December 7, 2011 at 2:44 pm
everybody!(this harry again.)I WANT MORE COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(now please)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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April 26, 2012 at 12:07 pm
your picture is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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