Rooftop Revolution
Recently Annie, Kirk, Frannie and Chris embarked on this rooftop gardening expedition. Annie told us about it at last week’s herbal seminar and many expressed interest. So here is our report.
This of course is Annie up on her roof – doing her gardening!!! Actually, recently Annie asked me about ways to gain arm-strength. Need anything more be said. I think she has found her answer.
Now Annie tells us in her own words how this project came to be…
The Rooftop Revolution!
After 15 years, we realized that when the label said, “grows in shade” it did not actually mean “in a cave” which is basically the amount of sun our wooded lot receives.
So Kirk, fed up with our ground-level sun deficit, declared that if the sun wouldn’t come to our plants, we would take the plants to the sun, and our rooftop garden plan evolved.
Frannie of course, was thrilled, and immediately ordered enough seeds for all of Anne Arundel County, and seedlings were soon in every inch of our house.
Kirk constructed 3 beds for the roof, a soil-hoisting pulley system, and ladders for each end of the roof…and between Kirk, Frannie, Chris and I, the garden was born: greens, radishes, peas, carrots, brussel sprouts, basil, cilantro, kale, spinach, with tomatoes, squash, and others to come!
We celebrated with our first salad last weekend, and with any luck, will soon have more (unless we’re all squashed in our sleep when the roof comes tumbling down!)
So there you have it, the whole entire history of this pioneering effort. Here is more from this venture…
The elaborate Johnson pulley system, currently under patent with the Library of Congress.
Now tell us about any of your gardening ventures – and yes, strike a pose while you are out there doing your work and showing us your bounty!