Video: Hydroponic Garden Gets 5 Times As Much Food Per Watt
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Omega Garden's Carousel system rotates plants around the bulb. They claim that it yields three to five times the weight of plant per watt of electricity used, compared to conventional flat systems. Their commercial carousel system produces as much as a 1500 square foot greenhouse in only 150 square feet, and their LED system just sips electricity.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
1800s Puerto Rican Home Revisioned as Green-Roofed Urban
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Perhaps the greenest home is the one already built. A couple in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico took this to heart when they renovated an abandoned early eightieth-century home and transformed it into an urban garden. This 9000 square foot building was carefully upgraded and preserved with a light modernist touch. The couple [...]
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
Planning a Roof Top Vegetable Garden - Associated Content -
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Urban dwellers rejoice! You can have fresh veggies using the square foot garden method and plant in containers on top of the roof. Here's how.
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
How To: DIY a cheap and easy compost bin
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When I built my first square foot garden, I knew I wanted to start home composting immediately. I had to purchase compost as part of the recipe for the perfect raised bed garden soil mix, and I felt silly paying to cart someone else's rotted organi
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
Rap Radar :: Jay-Z Nets Billboard In Knicks Backyard
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Looks like Hov ain’t playing. On Thursday, Jay-Z and Nets majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov plan on flying to Akron, Ohio to recruit free agent LeBron James. By tomorrow though, Jay and his Russian homie will appear in this 225 x 95 foot mural created right near the Knicks’ Madison Square Garden home. The new dynasty?
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
Square Foot Gardening
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a short piece about square foot gardening in urban areas
Published on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 08:37:56 AM
"I love the irony — I've spent over 400 hours of my life looking for comets, and haven't found anything, and now, suddenly, when I'm not looking for one, I get one dumped in my lap."...
by Alan Hale
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