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In the urbanized world today, green roof-tops give material benefits like organic produce, save from excessive summer heat and improve the environment. More benefits: utilizing your free time fruitfully, body exercise, nice to see things growing.
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Step 1 to Step 2
The pots were kept in semi shade to save the seedlings from direct sunlight; watering was done on alternate days. Step 2 was to take the pots onto the roof as the seedlings are stable now. A pic from Step 2. Watering on alternate days. It's great seeing the mini plants growing.
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Comment by Dr. D K Sadana on November 29, 2009 at 12:35pm
- Four pots ready for roof top - Tomato, Brinjal and Pepper. Progressing.
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Comment by Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal on November 16, 2009 at 2:32pm - I am starting my roof top garden. Please advise...
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- Welcome members! We started growing. So shall our plants in pots on the top of roof. We want to put in place the 'package of practices' for roof-topKG. And question-answers. And getting (globally) more and more people turning the Roof-tops green. Our earth must look greener from the sky.
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Comment by Kathryn on November 16, 2009 at 10:27am - I am living on the top floor of an apartment building with a large outdoor terrace, semi enclosed. I am hoping in spring to start some veggies in pots.
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HOW TO - ADD A LINK
Several people have experienced difficulty putting working links into comments and blogs etc and I know it is clumsy.... so here is how you do it.....
First type the text you want to appear.... ie IAN'S PAGE
Then go back and highlight the link text.
Then hit the hyperlink button...a pictogram of a chain link.
Your browser may intervene and request permission to allow temporary scripting or some similar message. Allow it and go back and highlight the text again
… ContinueCreated by Ian Jun 7, 2009 at 7:28pm. Last updated by Ian Jun. 8, 2009.
Forum Policy
Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.
I would be happy to hear any comments you may have. This is very much a work in progress so plese feel free to ask me to add anything you think is needed.
I don't want to make our community hide bound by rules and regulations but I think that, as the community has grown, some explanation of what is expected is needed.
Administration
You can refer any que
… ContinueCreated by Ian May 23, 2009 at 1:55am. Last updated by Ian May. 25, 2009.
Climate maps
Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..
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Created by Ian Sep 12, 2008 at 6:20pm. Last updated by Ian Apr. 14, 2009.
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes
Hi Everyone, I've started to collect together recipes from various posts on the site and put them all together here.
If you have a recipe you want to add on here, just post it on the site and leave a comment on my page telling me where it is and I'll go and fetch it back here.
They are organised in Contributor Order but I'm open to better suggestions!
BEVA'S RECIPES
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US STATES ABBREVIATIONS
US STATE ABBREVIATIONS
AK - Alaska AL - Alabama AR - Arkansas
AZ - Arizona CA - California CO - Colorado
CT - Connecticut DC - Dist of Columbia * DE - Delaware
FL - Florida GA - Georgia GU
Created by Ian Jan 27, 2009 at 4:27pm. Last updated by Ian Jan. 27, 2009.
HOW TO - MAKE COMPOST
Recently there was an excellent discussion about composting. I’ve pulled together all the various comments here. You can also watch KGI's video on composting here.
KATE’S ADVICE
I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but
1 you have to fill it up all at once
2. it seemed mostly
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To view notes that are in the system hit the "all notes" button above.
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A Note about Notes
I have just written this note so that I can see what we can achieve by using this new feature.
If you read this and have any suggestions then please leave a comment on my page or email me.
Ian
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