by ClaudioF
Window farming in Mar del Plata, Argentina
9:02 pm in Completed Window Farms, Education, Getting Started, International, posts with pitcures!, Projects in Process by ClaudioF
Hello friends!!
I’m from Mar del Plata city, Argentina, and want to share with you my R&D to build up our window farm project.
I’m part of the Zeitgeist Movement Mar del Plata, and we were invited to a Free Science Expo, in which, besides windowfarming, we exposed other sustainability projects, as solar heaters, earthships and parabolic ovens.
The model was mounted in a metal framework, because we had no windows or walls to attach the wires.
I’ve used twelve 1.5 Lt Diet Coke bottles, with small cups inside. The reservoir is a 20 Lts bottle.
No alligators to hold the bottles to the wires. We holed and linked the bottles with the steel wire, and that was ok to support the weight.
A 5 Watts airpump is used: airlift works like a charm, up to 2 meters.
From a week to today, the plants are growing ok!!
The species we are showing (and growing!) are:
- Romero (Rosemary)
- Apio (Celery)
- Frutilla (Strawberry)
- Ajenjo (Artemisia absinthium)
- Curry (a small Curry Tree)
- Menta (Mint)
- Oregano
- Ciboulette (Chives, Allium schoenoprasum).
unfortunately, but the species I’ve picked, are very strong and with the artificial lighting of the showroom looks to be ok.
