The warm weather is here and gardeners are kicking into high gear. But what about those of us with limited green space or only a window ledge to show off our green thumbs? Luckily, two women from New York City have come up with a way to grow a whole garden’s worth of plants and veggies inside your house. Freelance journalist Jon Kalish, who has a penchant for do-it-yourself projects, went to check out the trend of window farming for us.
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Isn't the picture upside down? I see a white car clinging to the sky.
Whoops! Thanks for the keen eye. We've corrected the photo.
Ha! That would really be an impressive piece of engineering!
what a horrible voice on Kalish…sounds like he swallowed a frog. He's very misinformed and make this project sound like some kind of brain surgrey!LOL
what a loser!
Isn't permaculture wonderful?
But really, if this seems pretty simple at first glance check out the website and their blueprints. Unfortunately you have to subscribe to their forum to view the blueprints. Between aquarium pumps and huge storage tanks this is an accident waiting to happen. There are easier ways to grow edible plants in an apartment. Like in a pot. Or a glass of water.
I have green onions growing on my sill in nothing but a wine glass. With some decent sunlight I shouldn't have to buy any for the rest of the summer. All you have to do is keep that last inch or two above the roots and they'll sprout like weeds in very little time.
I just heard this episode on the radio and quickly went to their website and clicked the link for the kits as I thought this would be a wonderful project for the family to work on.
http://www.windowfarms.org/kits
I was absolutely shocked at how expensive these kits are. Seriously?
$60 for 10 recycled bottles with holes driled/cut in them?
$150 for the "Hassle Free" 2 column kit, that doesn't even include bottles?
$349 to "sponsor" a NY team member to install the window farm for you?
And this doesn't list the most expensive $749 "Gourmet" Windowfarm option.
Is this supposed to be some kind of joke? So much for community DIY and all that.
Thanks, but no thanks. At these prices, I'd rather support local farmers with my money.
Saeed, I will agree that the prices are crazy high, but I don’t think they really started all this to cash on the ever lucrative kit making business. I wouldn’t poo-poo on the project and DIY scene because of the kit price. Just take a hint, don’t buy a kit, and…. you know…. do it yourself.