Roof Gardening

Conversations About Roof Gardening

• 14 months in the life of a vegetable patch

  I am new to this site and as an introduction though I would show what can be done with a bit of hard work in my spare time. The first shot is of my new allotment in Liverpool UK March 2006, the seconed, that summer and the thirsd from the… More

• Good berry bushes for shade?

  I am thinking of planting some berry bushes in my backyard but it will be under the roof over hang...do any of them do good in shade? Also, do you have a lot of bee problems with berry bushes? More

• Cheap GreenHouse Idea

  I am wanting to build a full sized Greenhouse, and I think I have located some 4X8 foot sheets of 1/4 inch think tempered glass that is tinted. It was made for a store front. I plan to concrete some 4X4 inch square posts in the ground, build some trusses… More

• Vetch it! I aint looking no more!

  Is this a type of vetch? It has spiraly thingies on it :D and attaches itself to walls and fences! It's all over this one long fence and it's growing on a 2 story building and it's roof where I work. It's a beauty! It has yellow flowers when it… More

• Building another greenhouse

  DH built a beautiful greenhouse for me 5 years ago. It is a lean-to style off the south side of my gardening shed. We have used it since to start seeds and planted our tomatoes in the raised bed along the south side. We have aquired 2 complete 6 foot… More

• Elderberries

  Some Amish guys that worked on our roof, said you can do all kinds things with Elderberries. Of course, they didn't know what and how :) . Can anybody help me, please. We have lots of them and I am always open for new things to try :cool: . Thanks,… More

• Mystery Tree?

  Does anybody know what kind of tree this is? My hubby wants to pull it out, but at my request, he leaves it. We do trim it quite a bit to keep it off the roof and scratching noises off the siding. I wish I could get the whole thing… More

• Sunrise, Sunset

  No, I'm not going to do a medley from Fiddler On The Roof. :) I grabbed the camera when I saw the sky. That's taken from my back door facing southwest. It was really bright and pretty. More

• Help with Something for Part Sun Bed.

  Hey all! Just finished putting in my "shade" "part sun bed" but I really need ideas for what I can add to it for winter interest when everything else goes to sleep for with winter. I have peonies, astilbe, bleeding hearts, hostas, coleus, etc. But I want something evergreen that… More

• Steve's Photo Journal

  . . . . . . Welcome to my Gardening Photo Journal! This is only my second year of gardening, and this year I thought I would share my gardening experience with you. I live in Vancouver BC, Canada. We have a wet and balmy coastal climate that gets alot… More

• Rooftop under frosted glass

  I have a bit of a unique situation. I have a lovely roof top garden in Taipei Taiwan that I have been growing various types of plants in, but have really gotten the itch to start a herb and vegetable garden. As we are on the roof, we get direct… More

• Planting under roof eaves (with winter snowfall)

  I need some help...I have a large area I'd like to plant in front of our concrete front porch foundation but I also have a large (2-3') roof overhang with a steep roof pitch. I'm in a region that has the potential to get quite a bit of snowfall in… More

• What do you use to cover your shrubs to protect them from the snow

  i have some rhodies that i planted out front of the house and they are under where the snow will fall from the roof onto them, what should i use to cover them to protect them from the falling snow breaking them. they are getting big so it's hard to… More

• I'm back

  We had a GREAT vacation but came home to a mess. Our area had two MAJOR storms while we were gone. The second of which was just a couple of hours before we got home and it took down trees, power poles, barns and took off roofs. In just our… More

• Help me with a siting problem?

  Greets, all. My house has a big, beautiful front porch with a fantastic view. Naturally, it's the favorite hangout spot all summer long -- so, to make it even nicer, I like to grow climbing flowers and train them onto the porch railings and pillars -- morning glories and moonflowers,… More

• Prayer Request We need a whole new roof

  Please say a prayer request. We need a whole new roof it is leaking into our living room! we just don't have the money right now as my husband had a heart attack in Dec 2005 so we took out a home equity loan against the house and there is… More

• Veggies in Containers on Deck with Limited direct sun?

  I'm moving in April to an apt with a deck. And I'd like to do some container gardening on the deck. The trouble is that my building directly faces another building. There is approximately 70 feet between the two bldgs. As a result, the only DIRECT sun is when the… More

• What is this?

  My mom said she always heard it called "roof leek", but of course I can find nothing under that name. Thought I would ask on here before I went searching for it to try to find out about it. More

• My rain water collecting system

  This is a cheap rain water collecting system was all made with scraps 2 barrels was free 2 i paid 5 bucks each. The trash can is a heavy commercial model with a hole drilled near the bottom and a used shut off and a garden hose. the downspout from… More

• Rain garden/collecting roof rainwater

  Don't know where else to post this, but does anyone have any info on how to collect and use rainwater? We are looking into getting gutters and I want to be able to channel the water to my gardens. I don't want a bunch of surface hoses either. I've thought… More

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