Windowfarmers R&D-I-Y: An Open Source Community Developing Hydroponic Edible Gardens For Urban Windows.
Windowfarms let you grow food year-round inside while maximizing space. They are vertical food-growing gardens that use a dirt-free technique called hydroponics. You can buy a kit or build your own using low-impact or recycled local materials. Having a windowfarm is more about the activity and experience of windowfarming, these are living systems, not just a pretty thing to look at.
This site is the online community of windowfarmers around the world. Together, we are continually getting better at growing food in the local conditions of our own homes. We are contributing to the “green revolution” as non-experts. We call it R&D-I-Y, or Research & Develop It Yourself. We use this site to collaborate on evolving designs for these vertical hydroponic systems– proposing experiments, testing techniques, and developing a shared knowledge base around the many variables involved in building and maintaining a farm inside a city apartment. Welcome!
by Windowfarms
To buy a new windowfarm go to windowfarms.org
December 14, 2011 in Uncategorized by Windowfarms
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by Ed
Flood and Drain mod
January 28, 2012 in Uncategorized by Ed
Hey guys, been looking into this for a good while now and have finally put together the 1st 2 bottles for my 1st window farm! I, like plenty of other people, I’m sure, have made a small but I think significant modification to the system. Now, none of you could have typed the words “hydroponics” [...]
by Jan C. Aynes
Shout out for Phoenix, Arizona
January 27, 2012 in questions by Jan C. Aynes
Is anyone else here in Phoenix, Arizona?
by Jan C. Aynes
Revisions, Revisions…
January 27, 2012 in Getting Started, Materials and Resources, posts with pitcures!, Projects in Process, questions, Version 3.0 Modular Airlift Columns by Jan C. Aynes
So, this has been a focus for me over the last few weeks, thinking through how to set everything up. So, based on what everyone has been sharing, the following ideas have been put together… Setting up the column(s). I would prefer not to suspend it from the ceiling. I think the metal columns look [...]
What are the best website’s to buy nutrient solutions?
January 27, 2012 in Uncategorized by Cameron Lowry
I live in Dubai and there are no hydroponics stores here. Long term I would prefer to make my own nutrient solution so there would be no need to buy internationally. Since I’m a beginner I feel the fastest option for me is to buy the nutrient solution on-line and ship it internationally to Dubai. [...]
by Jan C. Aynes
Purchases
January 25, 2012 in Getting Started, Projects in Process, Seeking Advice by Jan C. Aynes
After reviewing the instructions, and attempting to sort out the differences between the kits sold and the instructions, it seems the lighting portion is missing from the kits. After viewing Rama’s double, it appears s/he is not using lights either. So, this is a bit confusing to sort out. Also, no mention of the washers [...]
by Neal Nesbitt
Completed Worm Farm
January 25, 2012 in Getting Started, How-Tos, made from scratch (without a kit), Nutrients, Nutrition, Other Cool Urban Ag. Stuff, posts with pitcures!, R&D-I-Y by Neal Nesbitt
So this post was supposed to come about a week ago, but I’ve been lazy… Remember this is still a patched together prototype. I’m going to let it go a while and see where the kinks are for when I build my next one. Here’s a link to the first post, and how this all [...]
by Marc Bryan
by Joha Eben
a windowfarm in vienna – new photos of the plants
January 24, 2012 in Uncategorized by Joha Eben
a windowfarm in vienna – new photos of the plants unfortunately it is deepest winter – i have to support the plants with 2x36Watt fluorescent lamp edible flowers – age: 50 days after sowing lettuce Catalogna – age: 50 days after sowing lettuce Catalogna – age: 50 days after sowing watercress – age: 65 days [...]
by JKDF
Windowfarm as mobile tower V1.0
January 23, 2012 in Completed Window Farms by JKDF
Hi, here are some pictures of my windowfarm version. Enjoy it – JKDF
by rekesh patel
starting up in the uk
January 22, 2012 in Being a good member of this community, Completed Window Farms, Getting Started, made from scratch (without a kit), Materials and Resources by rekesh patel
hey guys, so i just started up my WF yesteday and have planted my first few seeds into them. When i first started looking into attaining the required materials i found it a little bit difficult. alot of the forums are focused more on people starting up in the US.I went to all the local [...]
