Beth from the EarthBox forum shows how an EarthBox and fluorescent lights equals cucumbers in the winter. Critiquing the cost of these cucumbers would miss the point. Beth has learned something valuable about urban food production and has enjoyed the reward of eating fresh cukes in the winter while doing it.
Meanwhile, dedicated dirt huggers are probably reading seed catalogs and dreaming about summer or they're on the web lobbying for a dirt garden at their kid's school.
When affordable LED lighting is here in the future we will look back with amusement, much like we do now when seeing old photos of kerosene lamps. I well remember them from summer vacations in the country.
Hi All, Thought you'd like to know that I was able to harvest 22 snack size 5" (Persian) Cucino cucumbers from 2 plants grown in an eb in the basement under fluorescent lights. I'll do this again! Fresh cucs in December and January! Come on spring!Beth
Now I bet there is an alternative way to produce the electricity for the lights to bring the price of the cucumbers down.
Posted by: David in Kansas | March 24, 2010 at 01:25 AM