vertical gardening

wow that is something

What are they growing in?

I can’t see any soil

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

I spent several years in an apartment (glorified bird house) and always had a garden on my deck, tomatoes in buckets, trellis beans and peas…......etc.,.

The world seems to be at an impass, at least it is on this side of the pond. Markets, grocery stores, malls and shopping of any sort is designed in such a way that we HAVE to drive to get food, supplies, gas and so on. Good ol urban sprawl continues in this neck of the woods. good farmland eaten up by huge poorly built sub divisons…...............and I just dont get it. Whats wrong with going up….......and not out.

On a recent trip to Vancouver I noticed that almost allthe apartment and condo buildings have rooftop gardens. What a great idea, fresh air, fresh produce and a place for reflection.

Bunting….........its called “Hydroponics”.......the roots float in fertilized water which is cycled to keep things from rotting. Perhaps not as tasty as lettuce grown in mother natures soil….....but it feeds the masses.

-- Central northish Ontario

Probably rock wool or similar.
Beats the heck out of loading it up on a truck in Arizona or Mexico and dieseling it all the way up to Canada 8 months of the year.
Maybe we can use up some of the fossil fuel that some people are turning their noses up at right now.
It could conceivably cut our imports of fresh table vegetables in half.

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Wow pretty neat Bob.I’m picturing backgrounds of all different flowers done that way.How awesome would a whole screen of multi colour impatients or petunias look…..hmmmm :-)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Oooooooooooooooh. Bon, that sounds so good. I might have to come up with something workable like that as a “trellis” along the fence.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Excellent

Yes veggiies could be grown up fences. I must put my fences to work next year

sure saves on space

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

that is really cool and no soil!

excellent!

-- Toronto, Ontario

One could purchase hydroponics lettuce in the stores here but I haven’t noticed any of late. Perhaps the wrong season as fresh should be hitting the shelves.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Neat idea. I think I may have to try that one. There are some good links provided in the link above. Thanks.

-- jroot