I collect kitchen scraps (fruit and vegies) and feed them to Oscar, my worm bin. The worms eat the scraps and produce perfect compost, which I feed to my terrace garden. I grow tomatoes, eggplant, okra, beets, carrots, basil, rosemary, strawberries, and melon.
I also have a business designing green roofs. I spread the word about green roofs where ever I can. A green roof is a layered system that sustains a lush, growing layer of plants on a roof. It keeps the building cooler and helps to manage stormwater, among other benefits. A green roof can easily be teamed with solar panels to truly develop the potential of rooftop space.
This post was submitted by Inger Yancey.
this is such a great solution. it is a lot of work keeping potted plants fertilized and healthy as veggies seem to use up the nutrients in the soil very quickly. adding compost revitalizes our soil and saves us from carrying more dirt up 6 flights of stairs to our rooftop garden. add to this that ever since we started composting we cut the amount of trash we take out by 60%.
our tip is that we tear up old newspaper to complement the “greens” of veggie waste with the needed “browns” to keep our compost balanced.
thanks inger
Comment by lewis k — October 19, 2009 @ 3:30 pm