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I've been reading a great deal about vertical gardening and came across this site of images.
http://www.eltlivingwalls.com/photo_gallery.php
Vertical gardening has many applications, efficient watering, less soil needed, obstructing unsightly views, cooling south facing walls, small yards without much sq footage, herb garden or lettuce types on one wall.
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That is so pretty Mella! What's the growing medium I wonder? Looks like mainly ornamentals and herbs.[?]
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I can always depend on Mella to find something that seems weird and then turns out to be wonderful. So when you going to come build me one of those Mella?
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Mella,
What a cool idea! When I saw the topic, I thought you might be talking about espaliering. In my experience, growing vertically has always been with the roots in the ground, such as squash and cucumbers on a trellis. I would like to better understand how these walls of plants are watered.
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
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Aloha pumehana,
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My mind went instantly to the vertical farm concept which I first became aware of a few years ago (see link below). I was fascinated by the concepts of central city farms in buildings. The vertical garden is a really cool concept too. I Googled it and found tons of information (who knew?). Anyway thanks for bringing this up!
http://www.verticalfarm.com/
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i've thought about doing this in the past,but with our cocqui problem, it would be pretty hard to take out the buggers in a dense verticle set up....unless you have a very well contained evironment that can be monitored constantly
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Mella, what a great idea, though I think it might apply even more efficently in urban areas or places with small lots. I cannot figure out how they got the soil to stay in there though! And I wonder if it would require irrigation? Or is there a trickle down effect? Noel also has a point about coquis. Container gardening of all kinds is a great idea, especially for those with small lots or lots of lava on their land.
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Pretty cool! They use hydroponics alot with verticle gardening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yra0g5uOXhQ. There is more on you tube. Really interesting. I think it would be great in New York or somewhere where there isn't a lot of space or greenery. In the house would be nice also.
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This is not specifically Puna related but it is related to this topic and the ocean. I don't always agree with what happens in Dubai or how it happens but explosive growth and seemingly unlimited funding have brought on some pretty amazing and interesting projects and projects that have advanced "green" ideas. Anyway I read this tonight and thought of this post so I thought I would share with you all.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/...awater.php
-Blake
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