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Old 13-08-2011, 04:58 PM posted to rec.gardens
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On Aug 7, 6:31*pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
Gunner wrote:
On Jul 31, 9:10 pm, songbird wrote:
Billy wrote:
songbird wrote:


i wonder if they have a graywater recycling system
from the building plumbing available?


It sounds like they shunt all the gray water to one line that can be
switched to the garden, or the sewer.


Was that the question?


yes, water being scarce out there i can't
imagine it being feasible to keep a large
rooftop garden off the regular water supply.


songbird


I would say try hydroponics but it was invented more than a thousand
years ago and saves too much water!


Who invented hydroponics more than 1000 years ago? *


Dr. Howard M. Resh: "The hanging gardens of Babylon, the floating
gardens of the Aztecs of Mexico and those of the Chinese are examples
of 'Hydroponic' culture. Egyptian hieroglyphic records dating back
several hundred years B.C. describe the growing of plants in water."
Hydroponics is hardly a new method of growing plants. However, giant
strides have been made over the years in this innovative area of
agriculture.

I'll bet it was William
the Conqueror who used it to feed all those stormin Normans.


This must mean something to ya, yet really nothing here....A slow
winter for ya?.

Air...water... food... in that order.