Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
How to Grow a Roof Top Garden
maquser
follow
1
6-14-2008 12:11 PM
281 views
tags:
ecology
,
roof
,
garden
,
vegetables
maquser
says:
Here he suggests workable and not vegetables you can grow on your roof and dos/don't for making your garden safe and viable
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Plug-In Hybrids Aren't Coming — They're Here
Wall Street Bailout or Carbon Tax Implemen...
"Dick" Cheney Censored Environmental Data
community participatory development
2008 International Science and Engineering...
Arctic Permafrost Holding a Huge Carbon Po...
Arctic Permafrost Holding a Huge Carbon Po...
More clips from
maquser
Obama outstanding record on Israel
Deepak Chopra! On Palin-azi
Obama Constituency: Twice that of Arizona
Today's Top Clips
Earth From Above - Stunning!
The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator
Female Fighters: We Won't Stand for Male Dominance
Stories They Can't Tell You
Scientists create solar cells with a twist.
Saudi Cleric Favours One-Eye Veil
Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report
The rival to the Bible
Women Test Limits
McCain aide: If we talk economy, we lose
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
June 14, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/980aacaf-2d9b-42c2-b097-cc560a45fc07/44D53CA4-12F0-4260-9781-AC57AC4ACCE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257" href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thekitchn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257"><H3><A href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/how-to-start-a-green-roof-garden-051257">How to Start a Green Roof Garden</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thekitchn.com/img/B20DE8ED-BA25-4C42-97FE-ABF12F669C86" alt="2008_05_21-rooftopgarden.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257"><P>Such is the cry of a Park Slope resident who recently showed a crowd of New Yorkers (including yours truly) how to start a <A href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/nyc-event-how-to-create-a-green-roof-garden-050324">green roof garden.</A> Since starting a roof garden is a bit more complicated than planting on the ground, he took us step by step through the process, including how to set it up, what to grow, and how to maintain it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257"><P>A green roof generally means a carpeting of plants on a roof, which improves the energy performance of buildings, and reduces storm water runoff. Though many urban dwellers have flowerpots or container gardens on their roofs, these aren't providing the energy savings that green roofs do.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/gardening/garden-ny-slink-bottom-052208-051257"><P>So Jeff Hens set out to create a vegetable garden that would provide some of those benefits. While his garden far from carpets his roof, it does sit right against the roof membrane, helping to insulate his house, while providing fresh food for his family.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/44D53CA4-12F0-4260-9781-AC57AC4ACCE3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK