My father used to tell me that each failure prepared me to be the right person to accept success. It sank in and I had/have a fail often ethos. Seems like your kids are on the right track.
Interesting about the old-school methods huh? Mostly forgotten now, cast aside for more productive methods in the pursuit of revenue. I like old things and ways.
The nature of the pods is that they self-water to some degree although I'll be out there daily. This is designed as a hobby for myself, no different to building Lego, shooting, off-roading, camping, hiking, kayaking and so on. Just another in the list and one I'll actively engage in.
Now that's a pretty awesome contraption. I have crap for soil in the ground so have been growing above ground; to help me out I've been using the big plastic pails that cat litter comes in. I've drilled some holes in the bottom for drainage and each holds close to a cubic yard of soil. What they dont' have is a canopy or irrigator (which I play the part of). But... I have at least a dozen of these pails, they're solid, and I hate throwing them out. They do make good growing containers.
Whatever works and how awesome was it devising your beds? I'll answer my own questsh...Awesome!
This is about fun for me and I'm already having it, including chats like this which have added a new dimension to my hive-time. Thank you.