From: Christine Weiss (bewise_at_hypertech.net)
Date: 10/02/02
Message-ID: <00ad01c26a39$a030d470$c40d1d0c@t3f2i7> From: "Christine Weiss" <bewise_at_hypertech.net> Subject: Re: Omega Garden - High-density gardening for small spaces/urban farming Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:32:01 -0500
Adam Scriven <scurvy_at_yahoo.com> re: http://www.omegagarden.com/, wrote:
> I heard about this little device a while ago (me and a buddy are trying
> to design one that doesn't cost $5000 CDN), and from what I've heard
> it's not lying.
I just wrote to these folks, asking 3 question: what various kinds of crops
have been successfuly raised in these units; what is the ongoing cost for
maintenance and operation; how much does the unit cost (which you've now
covered and I couldn't find on their Website --- is it there?)??? I'll share
what I learn when I hear... if anyone's interested.
Additionally, when looking at redesign issues, I'd like to know how one
"plants and harvests". That is, is there some way to unfurl the bedding
drum? Otherwise, it seems like getting to those center rows would be a
stretch.
Plus, in all the photos I saw each unit was set up for monoculture (all one
type of plant). I'd be much more interested in something that made it easy
for me to plant an actual "garden" (a few tomatoes, beans, cucumbers,
spinach) -and- was engineered in such a way as to permit feed/watering from
(and filtration for) an aquaculture (fish farming) tank.
And then, I'd like for this whole thing to be set-up beneath a "greenhouse
dome" which could be assembled by two people and operational within 24 hours
of deliver.
FYI: Setting up something like this is our family's "winter project." We're
doing it as an experiment, using reclaimed/salvaged materials. For example,
our aquaculture pond is a children's play pool. And we're planning the
installation NOT in a dome, but inside an added on sunspace, adjoining a
south-facing wall of our (conventional) house. Suggestions are welcome!!!
:-)
Christine
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