Growing food on rooftops and across Green Roofs is easy. Many times I've people say, "I can't grow any of my own food, I don't have a green thumb"! But it is the plants that do the growing! All you need to do is provide them with sunshine and a little water from time to time.
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| Green Roof and Rooftop Permaculture Gardens can produce masses of food |
Rooftops are free from many pests, such as the infamous root-knot nematodes here in our sandy soils Green roof gardens easily reach for more than their fair share of sunshine!
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| Green Roof Luffa and Roselle |
In fact, to grow vegetables on the roof you really dont need alot of soil either! Think of plants growing in gutters. The above Roselle, a plant renown for tea and medicinal uses (I love to cook the leaves like greens) and the magnificent luffa sponge gourd are growing in less than two inches of soil.
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| Green roof agriculture, Rooftop Okra |
Rooftops are the new frontier of agriculture!
2 comments:
Nice!
Good idea. Interesting to combine "Safety on the Green Roof" with this plus a new topic about "Protecting the roofing that protects your investment".
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