The rooftop growing guide how to transform your roof into a vegetable garden or farm

"If you'd like to grow your own food but don't think you have the space, look up! In urban and suburban areas across the country, farms and gardens are growing atop the rooftops of residential and commercial buildings. In this accessible guide, author Annie Novak's passion shines as she draws on her...

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Main Author: Novak, Annie, 1983- (Author, Illustrator)
Other Authors: Green, Naima (Photographer), Snow, Jackie (Photographer), Heanes, Lauren (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"If you'd like to grow your own food but don't think you have the space, look up! In urban and suburban areas across the country, farms and gardens are growing atop the rooftops of residential and commercial buildings. In this accessible guide, author Annie Novak's passion shines as she draws on her experience as a pioneering sky-high farmer to teach best practices for raising vegetables, herbs, flowers, and trees. The book also includes interviews, expert essays, and farm and garden profiles from across the country, so you'll find advice that works no matter where you live. Featuring the brass tacks on green roofs, container gardening, hydroponics, greenhouse growing, crop planning, pest management, harvesting tips, and more, The Rooftop Growing Guide will have you reimagining the possibilities of your own skyline, "--Amazon.com.
Physical Description:ix, 245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
ISBN:9781607747086
1607747081
Author Notes:ANNIE NOVAK is the founder and head farmer of the nation's first commercial rooftop farm, Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn. She is the manager of the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden, and founder and director of Growing Chefs, a field-to-fork food education program. Novak writes for The Atlantic and she has been featured on and in New York magazine, Edible Brooklyn , the Martha Stewart Show , Grist , the Huffington Post , and the Cooking Channel.