Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment

http://www.ted.com Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious.

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[MedicalMarijuanaMini]

"Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens."

Thomas Jefferson

[scarfprickles]

If I could change one thing in this world it would be to replace the american word 'dirt' with soil.

[Theurbanfoodforest urban]

Agree!!



[MCWestover]

5:20 It's Linux! lol

[MCWestover]

I think they want it replaced with soil because 'dirt' refers to something dirty or something you get on yourself (like that awful light brown dirt) and something you don't want things as opposed to soil which brings with it the image of gardens and flourishing plants, richness, value. That's just my guess. (ps.I am US American.)

tl dr: dirt is unwanted and soil is wanted in is connotation.

[Cathy Hague]

Love the inovation and working together attitude!

[babylove1985of4]

If you are interested in additional tips and ideas for living more sustainably in an apartment check out my blog the4x8homestead.Blogspot.com

[astrialkil]

put some rabbits in your front room and feed them the greens. Then you eat the little rabbits. The omni revolution !

[astrialkil]

why what would you gain? they mean the same thing to Americans.

[SlagarNZ]

People say this woman is a feminist just because she uses the word 'she'? Get over it guys.

P.S. This is awesome!

[scarfprickles]

Fair nuff, I can't argue with that. :-)

[kokonutbaby1]

Give it time, but when the veg revolution takes over, more engineers will start designing apartments with bigger windows/more windows to let even apt dwellers cultivate food. You can even put grow lighting under cabinets in your kitchen & do something hydroponically. At least enough to grow own salads & herbs.