Last summer, my friends
(Art and Heidi) and I grew
heirloom vegetables on our respective rooftops in Chicago using homemade
Earthboxes ®.
And we love the
results.
We're trying to show what's possible using cheap, readily available components and also to learn from anyone who wants to share what they know. We're amateurs compared to the
Path To Freedom people, but love their approach. Check out this
guy's Distinguished Professor's site for some really
creative, low cost ideas on how to grow plants in containers.
If you've got any ideas you want to share about growing food in the city let us know. Also we're trying to figure out how to automate the watering of all those tubs on my garage roof. We're close to a solution involving a
Hudson valve and some poly tubing.
If you want to make these boxes yourself, check out
my rooftop garden set.