Manuel Centeno @memecent89 ?
active 2 months, 3 weeks ago-
Manuel Centeno wrote a new blog post: Building a garden in Indian Hostales 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
I am a current volunteer at an orphanage in India. It is an amazing organization called LoveDale. http://www.lovedalefoundation.org They make aound 150 meals everyday and buy most of their vegetables 4 miles away and have to make this trip, by foot, approximately every 2 days. As LoveDale is a not-for-profit organisation, this incurs costs that [...]
-
Manuel Centeno posted an update in the group
Window Farmers: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
I am a current volunteer at an orphanage in India. It is an amazing organization called LoveDale. http://www.lovedalefoundation.org
They make aound 150 meals everyday and buy most of their vegetables 4 miles away and have to make this trip, by foot, approximately every 2 days. As LoveDale is a not-for-profit organisation, this incurs costs that could be better spent elsewhere.
Our intention is to create a vegetable garden, providing foods such as tomatoes, onions, garlic and chillies, among others, that are the staple ingredients in the meals prepared here. The vegetable plot is a narrow strip, approx. 24 inches in depth but approx. 100 feet long (roughly 30 metres). We feel that this is adequate room to, if not feed the school for a year, to grow enough food to significantly reduce the costs incurred in purchasing and time undertaken to do this.
Having decided to undertake this project, we have come across one main issue and it’s a pretty significant one: we have a serious lack of water. Plenty of sun, plenty of space, not plenty of water. But having watched your TED talk on window farms in New York, we have been inspired to make this project work. We KNOW it can work.
So, why am I emailing you? Well, although inspired, we are not blessed with a huge amount of knowledge on this issue and also a huge amount of resources in terms of time to make sure it runs efficiently on a regular basis, i am asking for some advice on how to implement a watering system where water is a limited resource.
If you have a few moments, maybe you could offer some advice or even point us in the direction of people, websites or organisations that could help us.
Your time and efforts would be EXTREMELY welcome
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Manuel Centeno
have you considered using a solar still to filter the wastewater? i’m not familiar enough with the tech to say wether or not enough water could be recycled to contribute significantly but thought it might be worth a shot. check out http://www.solaqua.com/solstilbas.html.
One place to start is finding the most drought resistant varieties you can, making it easier to cope with water constraints.
-
Manuel Centeno joined the group
-
Manuel Centeno posted an update in the group
Aquaponic Window Farms: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · ViewI am a current volunteer at an orphanage in India. It is an amazing organization called LoveDale. http://www.lovedalefoundation.org
They make aound 150 meals everyday and buy most of their vegetables 4 miles away and have to make this trip, by foot, approximately every 2 days. As LoveDale is a not-for-profit organisation, this incurs costs that could be better spent elsewhere.
Our intention is to create a vegetable garden, providing foods such as tomatoes, onions, garlic and chillies, among others, that are the staple ingredients in the meals prepared here. The vegetable plot is a narrow strip, approx. 24 inches in depth but approx. 100 feet long (roughly 30 metres). We feel that this is adequate room to, if not feed the school for a year, to grow enough food to significantly reduce the costs incurred in purchasing and time undertaken to do this.
Having decided to undertake this project, we have come across one main issue and it’s a pretty significant one: we have a serious lack of water. Plenty of sun, plenty of space, not plenty of water. But having watched your TED talk on window farms in New York, we have been inspired to make this project work. We KNOW it can work.
So, why am I emailing you? Well, although inspired, we are not blessed with a huge amount of knowledge on this issue and also a huge amount of resources in terms of time to make sure it runs efficiently on a regular basis, i am asking for some advice on how to implement a watering system where water is a limited resource.
Attached are some photos of the plot. If you have a few moments, maybe you could offer some advice or even point us in the direction of people, websites or organisations that could help us.
Your time and efforts would be EXTREMELY welcome
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Manuel Centeno
-
Manuel Centeno joined the group
Aquaponic Window Farms 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View -
Manuel Centeno posted an update in the group
For Beginners: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · ViewI am a current volunteer at an orphanage in India. It is an amazing organization called LoveDale. http://www.lovedalefoundation.org
They make aound 150 meals everyday and buy most of their vegetables 4 miles away and have to make this trip, by foot, approximately every 2 days. As LoveDale is a not-for-profit organisation, this incurs costs that could be better spent elsewhere.
Our intention is to create a vegetable garden, providing foods such as tomatoes, onions, garlic and chillies, among others, that are the staple ingredients in the meals prepared here. The vegetable plot is a narrow strip, approx. 24 inches in depth but approx. 100 feet long (roughly 30 metres). We feel that this is adequate room to, if not feed the school for a year, to grow enough food to significantly reduce the costs incurred in purchasing and time undertaken to do this.
Having decided to undertake this project, we have come across one main issue and it’s a pretty significant one: we have a serious lack of water. Plenty of sun, plenty of space, not plenty of water. But having watched your TED talk on window farms in New York, we have been inspired to make this project work. We KNOW it can work.
So, why am I emailing you? Well, although inspired, we are not blessed with a huge amount of knowledge on this issue and also a huge amount of resources in terms of time to make sure it runs efficiently on a regular basis, i am asking for some advice on how to implement a watering system where water is a limited resource.
Attached are some photos of the plot. If you have a few moments, maybe you could offer some advice or even point us in the direction of people, websites or organisations that could help us.
Your time and efforts would be EXTREMELY welcome
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Manuel Centeno
Hi Manuel, I am new to hydroponics. After I read your update I was searching through some windowfarms and someone made the statement that aquaponics requires less water and I thought of you right away. I’m no expert at all but maybe if you checked into the aquaponic site you could get some idea if this would besomething you could do. Since your update was 3 weeks ago I hope you will still see this. Sylvia USA
-
Manuel Centeno joined the group
For Beginners 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View -
Manuel Centeno posted an update: 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
I am a current volunteer at an orphanage in India. It is an amazing organization called LoveDale. http://www.lovedalefoundation.org
They make aound 150 meals everyday and buy most of their vegetables 4 miles away and have to make this trip, by foot, approximately every 2 days. As LoveDale is a not-for-profit organisation, this incurs costs that could be better spent elsewhere.
Our intention is to create a vegetable garden, providing foods such as tomatoes, onions, garlic and chillies, among others, that are the staple ingredients in the meals prepared here. The vegetable plot is a narrow strip, approx. 24 inches in depth but approx. 100 feet long (roughly 30 metres). We feel that this is adequate room to, if not feed the school for a year, to grow enough food to significantly reduce the costs incurred in purchasing and time undertaken to do this.
Having decided to undertake this project, we have come across one main issue and it’s a pretty significant one: we have a serious lack of water. Plenty of sun, plenty of space, not plenty of water. But having watched your TED talk on window farms in New York, we have been inspired to make this project work. We KNOW it can work.
So, why am I emailing you? Well, although inspired, we are not blessed with a huge amount of knowledge on this issue and also a huge amount of resources in terms of time to make sure it runs efficiently on a regular basis, i am asking for some advice on how to implement a watering system where water is a limited resource.
Attached are some photos of the plot. If you have a few moments, maybe you could offer some advice or even point us in the direction of people, websites or organisations that could help us.
Your time and efforts would be EXTREMELY welcome
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Manuel Centeno
-
Manuel Centeno became a registered member 3 months, 2 weeks ago · View
