Roof Top Gardening: A Complete Guide To Transform Your Roof Into Vegetable Garden

Do you want to know about roof top gardening?Do you want to know about how to build a rooftop garden?If you are interested in one of these question, then this book is perfect for you. A roof garden is a garden on a building's roof. In addition to the aesthetic advantage, roof planting can include food, climate control, hydrological advantages, architectural enhancement, wildlife habitats or corridors, leisure opportunities, and may also have ecological benefits on a wide scale. Often, the method of raising food on the rooftop of buildings is referred to as rooftop farming. Green roofing, hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens are commonly used for rooftop farming. If you want to grow your own food, but you don't think you've got space, look up! Farms and gardens are rising in urban and suburban areas around the country atop the rooftops of residential and industrial buildings. Author Annie Novak's enthusiasm shines in this open guide as she draws on her experience as a pioneering heaven-high farmer to teach best practices for growing crops, herbs, flowers, and trees. The book also features interviews, expert essays, and country-wide farm and garden profiles, so you can find advice that works no matter where you live. The Rooftop Growing Guide will have you reimagining the possibilities of your own skyline, with brass tacks on green roofs, container planting, hydroponics, greenhouse growing, seed preparation, pest control, harvesting tips, and more.