Filling Out

The plants are doing great and filling out, I think I can remove the bird barriers soon.

First Fruit 2014

Did some more garden work this weekend so now all the plants are on the roof.

Reading Round Up: Banana Edition

Cricket Chips: Will Bug Snacks Become the New Normal?

Has The End Of The Banana Arrived?

80% of Meat Labels Could Be Meaningless, Exclusive Report Says

8 Cereals With More Sugar Than a Chocolate Chip Cookie

Inside An Old Chicago Packing Plant, Inspiring Proof That Urban Indoor Farming Can Succeed

Rooftop Debut

The dreary winter is over and the rooftop is ready to go!

Reading Round Up: Swan Edition

The End of Food

Why Don’t We Eat Swans Anymore?

How We Get Tall

'Rice theory' explains north-south China cultural differences

Eaters Assume Crunchy Foods Have Fewer Calories

DIY Self Watering Container and Mini Greenhouse from 2 Storage Totes: Ultimate Edition

Welcome to Bucolic Bushwick. Here you'll find advice on rooftop vegetable gardening, as well as several plans for DIY self watering planters. Please share this page with others and help spread the vegetable gardening movement.

This planter is the most labor intensive of all my designs, but it's also the most useful. Having a greenhouse/cold frame on top of your planter opens up a lot of growing options.

To make this self watering container you need 2 totes with lids. One tote should be clear. You'll also need several fabric strips to act as water wicks and a tall water bottle to act as a fill tube.

Reading Round Up: Fat Free Edition

Free Vegetable Seeds

The Illustrated, Odd and True Tale of Dave’s Killer Bread

The Most Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies Of 2014

The Failure of the Fat Free Revolution

How test-tube meat could be the future of food

End of the Lime