Growing Vegetables in Fridges

Frank Fekonia shows us how to turn a dead fridge into a productive vegetable garden for people living in dry arid areas.

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Howto & Style

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• Fekonia
• Cooroy
• Permaculture
• Recyled
• Fridges

[PakaNoHida]

CFL's are in the coolant, not the fridge itself. Remove the motor and the coolant system, which he obviously has already and you are left with a shell that maintains a constant temp for the soil.. or near constant. CFL's are not an issue here at all.

[DeadEND2012]

More people need to be like this guy! He seems happy all the time..

[absgawd]

I am not an expert so I have two questions. 1. I want to look up annual climate averages. Where wass he located again? 2. How did he put a drainage hole in the refridges?

[bryncomeaux]

@tarnsand jobs drain your soul force so you are trying to buy back the soul force embodied in product. soul force is rather fluid and travels from person to person .

[tarnsand]

One persons trash is another persons treasure; as the saying goes. What a good common sense type guy. I tend to keep things and the minute I discard it; I think what it would have been useful for. Sometimes it is a matter of how much storage space you have too. Great ideas. Great vid.Cheers

[dtp5150]

@PakaNoHida CFL's? Don't you mean CFC's? lol

[BooGooNFlowoo4Evoo]

@borger4902 I've wondered about that too. Ever had water from a plastic bottle that's been out in the sun? Plastic probably leaches more in hot climates, due to hotter temperatures and longer sun exposure. I wonder what the curve is on leaching. Does it leach steadily or do most of the chemicals come out relatively quickly? How do revolving temperature extremes affect leaching? Is there a way to "pre-leach" plastic to make it safer?

[FreemanOftheMind]

Good Aussie!!

[melodyl52]

This is so awesome! Thank you for sharing. A friend of mine owns a house very close to a creek and there has been a lot of erosion through the years. She used old refrigerators the same way, but has filled them with soil and rock and has reinforced the soil next to the creek. It has held very well for years.

[playswithknives]

He's raised raised beds to a new level!