Here is a link to a web album with pictures of my rooftop strawbale garden.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sergei.s.mikhailov/RooftopStrawbaleGarden?authkey=Yp6c4FOoDGE
Rooftop Strawbale Gardening Pictures - 1
WOW!! I am really impressed. You went into this in a big way didn't you. Are you planning on feeding all of those politicians back there? LOL You may have really started something. What is the rooftop covering? What kind of building?
Very nice setup. You keep those pictures coming. Very nice!!
Jeanette
VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!
Sergei: your pics are 10-8! That's LEO talk for great!
Give the Washington Post, Times, or Washingtonian magazine a call to see if they'll do a story on your roof top garden!
Keep up the good work!
I'm getting my deer fence up today/tomorrow and planting my garden over the weekend.
Kent
LOL, you know, I never thought about it until I read your post Kent, but Sergei found the ultimate solution to the deer problem. Should patent it!!
Jeanette
Jeanette: gives new meaning to the term "raised bed"!
Kent
Wow- Well done, Sergei. You're going to have wonderful abundance and be the envy of everyone around! Great pictures- your set up is well thought out and so practical. Hope you have better luck with your soaker hoses than I am. 2 of my 3 seem to shoot water all over the place.
Hope you'll continue to show us your progress.
Suzan
Sergei,
I have been teaching people in Haiti to grow roof gardens. GREAT JOB!!!
I suggest that you arrange your soaker hoses in parallel instead of series the way you have them plumbed. You will use less water because you won't need as much water pressure to feed your plants.
I drip my bales, using 1/4 inch tubing and end drippers with 1/4 soaker hose. One dripper and soaker hose per bale.
I see pictures of roof gardens in the large cities all of the time. These bales will also help keep your home cooler. If you water at night you will have the runoff left to evaporate during the day.
Keep us informed. Great Job!!
His servant, your brother, Paul.
Sergei,
I have been teaching people in Haiti to grow roof gardens. GREAT JOB!!!
I suggest that you arrange your soaker hoses in parallel instead of series the way you have them plumbed. You will use less water because you won't need as much water pressure to feed your plants.
I drip my bales, using 1/4 inch tubing and end drippers with 1/4 soaker hose. One dripper and soaker hose per bale.
I see pictures of roof gardens in the large cities all of the time. These bales will also help keep your home cooler. If you water at night you will have the runoff left to evaporate during the day.
Keep us informed. Great Job!!
His servant, your brother, Paul.
oops, I hit send twice.
that is one of the best things I have ever seen... good luck with it!... can't wait to see some photos later in the season
Hey, Sergei- Time for some updated pictures. Please! I have a friend who wants to show her sons (city dwellers) what they could do on their roof. Would LOVE to see what it's turned into!
Suzan
I'm impressed. We have a flat top roof and my husband said that next year we ought to do our hay bale garden on the roof, if my garden turns out good this year. This is my first time trying hay bale gardening. I see thay you are using soaker hoses. Where did you get that water timer. I've never seen one, but I really haven't looked for one. How often and for how long do you water your plants? Does it make a lot of water run off your roof?
Fay, you bring up a lot of good concerns. One other that I would look at is, does the house have good enough support for that weight. I have not heard that mentioned here. But, you are right. Flat roofs used to have a fairly bad reputation for leaking. I am sure they are built better now.
But, these are all serious things to consider. Maybe I am like little red hen. LOL
Jeanette