Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1918 — FLOATING GARDEN IS LATEST [ARTICLE]

FLOATING GARDEN IS LATEST

California House-Boat Owner Has Flourishing Crop in the Making. Alameda, Cal.—Alameda has the original floating garden. William Hull, a house-boat resident of this city, heard the president’s call for war gardens. It occurred to him that he might build a garden on piles and thus do his bit. Hill constructed a sidewalk around the boat, placed boxes thereon filled with rich soil and now has a flourishing crop in the making. He estimates that ft will be possible to produce over a hundred pounds of vegetables this season.