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March 20, 2009

Rooftop gardening

Yesterday, Amanda asked for our help: How do you keep your rooftop garden watered?

Carrie Lyle, my colleague and an exceptional gardener in her own right, reminds us that one of last year's garden contest winners was Greg Bathon, who has a penthouse balcony garden in Federal Hill.

He uses an Israeli drip irrigation system, something he found pretty inexpensive and easy to set up.

In this video, you can listen to Greg describe his oasis high in the sky and explain his unique irrigation system.

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it is very nice and wonderful post regarding rooftop gardening...

Posted by: Peterson | August 26, 2009 1:10 AM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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