Comments on: About Window Farms

By: britta

britta — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:51:05 +0000

Sweet, Cassie! Thanks!

By: cassie

cassie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:01:01 +0000

Here is a video of my finished window farm. It is before the plants started growing, but it gives you an idea of what it can look like and how it works!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bA_jFv7fEo

The plants have since started growing and I will put more videos up to show what it looks like grown.

By: britta

britta — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:27:33 +0000

Sounds like you will need to put the CFLs in your system for sure. Put them on a timer so they turn on and off automatically in 12 hour cycles. On during the day. Off at night. Why wouldn’t they grow in Canada? Plants oughta love you guys. You’re way better to the environment than we are down here. Good luck. Put up posts with pictures as you progress!

By: Rico

Rico — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:36 +0000

We have windows in Canada. Any chance you know if they work up here during the winter? I could do something like this.

Cheers

By: britta

britta — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:28:41 +0000

Can you take some pictures and create a post? It’s a litle hard to imagine what it looks like. If you use the gray drop down menu at the top once you are registered. You can easily make a new post and include pitcures: myblogs>new post.
Thanks!

By: Douglas Hvistendahl

Douglas Hvistendahl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:03:06 +0000

Living in a small town, my only use for window garden, except in the winter, is starting plants. It adds some extra time, very useful in NDak, and frees up garden space. I’ve been using the 40 oz drink cups one gets at McDonalds, etc. They are on a rack that angles the tops toward the sun, with each row set behind and below the one in front of it. This way as many as possible get enough light. Water is rainwater, and the soil is exchanged when the plants are set out. To ease removal, before adding soil, the cup is dunked in water, and sand is trickled onto the wet inside wall. Then soil is added, and a plant introduced from the starter tray.

In the cold season, the same setup is used for lettuce, chard, and other winter crops that don’t need too much light.

The book, “Fresh Food from Small Spaces” by R.J. Ruppenthal is worth reading for anyone with an urban garden.