Rick Is On His Roof With Even More EarthBoxes This Year

That's Rick Bayless and his EarthBoxes on the roof of the Frontera Grill in Chicago. If  you don't know Rick, he is an internationally known chef and a favorite of the Obama family. I've posted about his rooftop garden before. 

We need your help Rick. There are a many of us who simply don't get it. There are many who still believe that the only way to grow vegetables in the city is in the dirt. I think that some would like us to move back into caves as well. 

Rick isn't one of them, no flat-earther is he. He lives in the modern world and plans to have even more EarthBoxes on his roof this year. 

From his newsletter: 

Sustainability.   We call this our rooftop salsa garden.  Last year we had 45 earthboxes planted with tomatoes and chiles which we used in the restaurant.  This year we're adding another 35 boxes. Earthboxes are a self contained gardening system, they're self-watering and self-fertilizing with the water reservoir in the bottom.  The water wicks up through the soil into the roots, which means that it uses significantly less water than conventional gardening.  Each box is 2 1/2 feet long, 15 inches wide and 1 foot tall, so that they can fit almost anywhere.

Earthboxes are used by the Growing Connection, which is a grassroots project developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supported by a progressive coalition of private and public sector partners.  How does it work?  School gardening programs and community gardens around the world grow vegetables in an EarthBox system that becomes a common growing platform for all participants.  Students grow food, conduct horticultural experiments and share their lessons and experiences with each other using IT connectivity.  If you'd like to contribute to this worthwhile program, you can make a donation on-line at The Growing Connection.org.

Comments

[hkki]

it may be also possible to use simple drainage composites by just cutting the sheets and place at the bottom
http://www.geosyntheticsworld.com/search/label/Roof%20garden