Window Farms: A New Way to Garden With Limited Space

on July 2, 2009 at 3:16 PM

No space for a garden?

That excuse may become obsolete with Window Farms—DIY vertical gardens that can be grown in apartment windows!

The Window Farms project is still in the prototype phase. But rumor has it that this model (right), which is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, has successfully been growing beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale.

Once experimentation has been completed, how-to instructions for building your own Window Farm will be available on the official Web site—most likely later this summer.

I think this is awesome. Would you garden if you had more space?

About the author Kim Conte

has shoes that make people stop her on the street and ask "Where did you get those?" but it doesn't work for taxi cabs as she was hit by one ... and lived to tell the tale. She has more freckles than Lohan but way less attitude. And she's a fierce cook with tons of recipes to share -- and wishes she could share some with Bourdain.

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Comments (3)

maisah

on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:31 PM

This is a good idea.....I love it and would buy this system....

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gryphsmom

on Jul 3, 2009 at 3:36 PM

I would defiantely do this!!!! I love the idea of recycling water bottles for a garden.

LuminousMom

on Jul 3, 2009 at 7:44 PM

reminds me of some of the things I used to see when we would go to Canada for the weekends.. lol... hydroponics stores are REALLY popular there if you catch wnat I'm throwin......