"Hydroponic" Means ...

Britta and Rebecca with the first window farm, May 2009. Photo by Julia Makarova.

To be labeled under "Going Green:"

How cool are these "hydroponic edible gardens for urban windows" from Window Farms?

The term "hydroponic" refers to the growing of plants in a nutrient solution, rather than in something more like, say, dirt.

This would be a mighty awesome project. And so much better for your bank account and the environment, too, if you could make it work!

To be labeled under "Going Super Duper Seriously Hardcore Green Green:"

And just think ... If you get really good at the window farms, you could always graduate to something along the lines of this kit (also by Britta and Rebecca). And although their lawyer has asked them to stop selling the kits, they've made the instructions public on "How to Do the Reaction Yourself."

How. Did they. Come up. With this. Nevermind, I don't want to know.

But hooray for helping the environment! (?)