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Okay, here’s one to add your thoughts to:
Having read this, I was wondering whether one couldn’t build a compact WF-AWTS using a (large) bottle.
I think it’ll be quite easy to do one in my farm setup, but may be more difficult in the normal configuration.
I was thinking of a bottle with the bottom cut off, [...]

(started as an update of mine, may deserve a full post)
How about this:
Use regular clay pots for the plants, tie moss/succulents/whateveryoulike to their outside, and do the rest by the book.
The moisture seeping through will feed the ”living pots”, any excess would simply drop below.
Should look nice.
Trygve Henriksen
I’m not certain that the clay will let [...]

* quieter
* easier to set up
* more elegant, but still do-able with recycled water bottles
* more plants for less electrical input (up to 32 plants on one air pump)
* modular, meaning you can have vegetative, fruiting, and flowering plants all in one system

and the participatory web guide routes your ideas, questions, sketches, discussion, & issues for R&D-I-Y while you build with the new FEEDBACK tab.

So I hate plastic, specifically plastic coming in contact with my food. I was thinking of other recyclable materials to build a window farm out of, any ideas? I have access to a large amount of 16 oz aluminum cans, can anyone think of a really good way to use cans? Any feedback is greatly [...]

I recorded a brief video to document my experiment with an airlift system.
If the video doesn’t show up (the preview certainly isn’t showing it), then you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4xkUsAlM_0

I really would have liked to have been able to post all of this directly on this website, but alas, am not warranted the ability to post pictures. And I like pictures.  So instead, I invite you to check out my primarily recycled and organic window farm.  Constructed using wine bottles and rope. I have [...]

  This was a valve I purchased at Loews and used I believe a 1/8″ tube to allow the water to be dispensed at the top of the system

Because I was working with a window that was extremely tall I had to get a water pump that was more pricey then the air pumps. This one may have been a bit overkill but they really jump in size and I didn’t have a lot of time to order online so this was purchased at Loews and pumps 12′. I think it was around $44

In Savannah a majority of buildings are historic so I was unable to screw, glue, or do anything of the sort to support my window farm. What I had to do was build a frame to support it.

In January I posted about my Plastic-Free AirLift Window Farm. I have since modified the materials a bit and successfully grew a bunch of lettuce and basil. I’m now growing mint and stevia — both seem very happy.
The initial version used stainless steel tumblers, mesh strainers, sisal rope, metal rope and crimps, a glass [...]