Window Farming For Tiny Apartments

If you don't have a rooftop or illegal fire escape garden, but you crave the taste of fresh thyme and basil for your homecooking... then you might to check out the possibility of window farming. New Yorkers Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray created Window Farms since growing food inside New York apartments is such a challenge. They simply channeled the "hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers" — now through a drip system made from recycled water bottles, they've been growing beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale! CoolHunting stopped by to get a closer look:

This installation is currently at Eyebeam, and we suggest you try it yourself at home!

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That's nothing. I know of one apartment dweller who feeds pigeons on his window sill, captures them and eats them.

Seriously? I have a respectable herb garden growing in just a regular window box on my windowsill -- why should I spring for this crazy contraption (because I get stoner points for growing anything "hydroponic" style?) What's wrong with ye olde dirt in a box?

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