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Re: Fire Escape Garden



J. & S. Finnegan wrote:

> I am nowhere near your level.  I do not have very much experience yet,
> and I am limited to pots outside my apartment.  But my spouse and I
> have had a lot of salads in which some or most of the ingredients
> (lettuce, spinach, tomato, cucumber, nasturtium leaves) came from my
> "garden", some (not many) fresh sugar pod peas and squash for
> stir-frying, tomatoes for sandwiches, turnip and mustard greens for
> stir-frying, and several kinds of herbs.  I know this isn't enough to
> count as sustainable agriculture, but it does make me feel good.


I have a friend the lines wooden crates from the grocery store with plastic
then fills them with earth.  He has mananged to grow alot of the 'salad' 
ingredients you mentioned.  The apartment manager lets him keep them on the
roof for the occasional veggie bribe :)


Brent


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