Good Bugs and Good Eats
But fresh, even small scale, makes the winter days brighter.
Got started late this year and have only anemic prototypes of growing tomatoes, but have achieved proof of principle.
I use a rusted out metal bookcase in a south window. That works too. It's been a safe house for the many ladybugs that pop out during the warmer days here. They've been munching some kind of pests on the plants and it seems a fair deal. (Introducing exotic species generally a very poor idea. Finally starting to see native lady bugs again).
So the bookshelf's not really a bona fide prototype, but I bought a bunch of end of season seed geraniums for a dime on the dollar which faded, then came back and made me smile throughout the winter.
Even had success with some cherry tomatoes that I started in September. They're horribly abused but I have a few green ones now. Brandywines started at same time about a foot high, and wintered over not much the worse for wear. Nice early start for spring (if something doesn't eat 'em when transplanted from the pots).
Urban food, local food, good eats. We'll get there.
More urban farming at Will Allen's
www.growingpower.org/
