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Recently Signed Up? How To Use This Site!
August 11, 2009 in Featured Post, Getting Started by admin
1. Sign Up. If you would like to be a window farmer or just participate in the discussion, please register for the site using the gray bar at the top of the page.
2. Get Set Up. Once you have registered and signed in, more options will appear in drop down menus on that top gray bar. Under My Blogs, roll over Window Farmers, and click ‘Dashboard’. You’ll find links to edit your profile.
3. Explore the Site. On the homepage, you can browse by clicking on featured posts with pictures on the left, recent posts, the categories on the top right, the tags in the tag cloud on the right, or by members down below the fold.
4. Post Something! This whole site is one big forum and we use blog posts to start new threads. Tell us what you are up to. Post a question or a concern. Under My Blogs on the gray dropdown bar at the top left of the page, roll over Window Farmers, and click ‘New Post’. Don’t forget to Categorize it and, if you wish, give it a few Tags. This will help later users find your posts and will help the community answer one another’s questions.
5. Engage with other people on the site. Comment on Other People’s posts or send people messages.
6. Questions? If you are confused about how to use the site or have suggestions that will make the site better, don’t hesitate to email britta@windowfarms.org
Hi
I love your project and would like to set up a trial here at our office!
Chloë
Sweet, Chloe. Please take pictures and write posts as you build your system. Especially if you run into any problems, it’s great to post issues to the site so everyone can weigh in on solutions. Plus, it helps new comers Thanks!!
I’m loving this site &techniques!
Spent this morning tweaking bubblers for air-lift and messed with PV charge controllers to power them.
this is brilliant
Very good..keep it up
Please make a post and show us some pictures. Use gray drop down menu at the top of the page: my blogs>new post. Then it will show up on the home page. Can’t wait to see it.
hi, i want to know if this project requires a lot of electricity consumption. thanks
Hi Valerie. All of the how-tos require some electricity in order to water the plants when you are not home. The air lift version constantly runs a small airpump, like ones you use for aerating an aquarium. The larger system runs a water pump which is on a timer so it only turns on for a few minutes every few hours. If you have a window that does not get a lot of direct light, you will need lights to grow vegetating plants. You can now use 100 W daylight compact fluroescents. They actually only consume 27 watts of power per bulb. For 25 plants in my apartment, we successfully used 4 bulbs to grow about a salad a week. The timer turned the lights on for 12 hours a day.
awesome sight! A veggie revolution!
Anybody interested in helping me set these up in a school in Brooklyn? I love these?
Hi,
I’m hoping to set one up in a school in Yonkers, though our outdoor garden is a going concern and will soon be taking lots of time. Even if I can’t do that, though, I’d be willing to help you set yours up to get the experience (I’ve never done it, but I’m pretty adept in general, so I could be helpful, I think).
Scheduling could be a problem, as I work in schools during the daytime. Please give me an idea of where and when…