window farming

Window farming, this has is cool. It's a commons project so it had me right there but what a concept for a commons project. Bloody brilliant actually. It will allow me as a person who lives in an suburban area in Canada to harvest fresh herbs and greens in the winter without greatly increasing the demands on the power grid. It will enable some one who lives in a high density urban area to be able to grow a portion of their fresh food year round with or without a balcony.
While the original idea was well concieved there are now plans for deep aquaculture set ups using aquariums as a source of nutirents for the plants that would drip filtered water back into the tank. Indoor plans, outdoor schemes, and just plain brilliant ideas of all types using all sorts of materials. It uses very little space since it is a verticle system in front of a window sometimes with supplemental lighting.
I think I will gather the supplies while I finish the projects so that this fall I can grow salad greens and herbs in the kitchen window. 1.89 for a scrawney cos lettuce from California this year...I think I can get 12 - 15-18 plants in the kitchen window or nine in our bathroom. The system should also improve the interior humidity of the house as well. Drawbacks are come spring seeding and I hope to have that also in hand by the end of the year.
Now to figure out the bottles and find enough to do the project, as well as the dribblers, tubes, pumps, etc and then piece it all together over the winter. Sort of like the solar project I have been procrastinating on I have cardboard and tinfoil and tape and paper to make the patterns, ....kick, kick kick.