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Home photo collection – A rooftop terrace city farm on a suburban home in Pune, India

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“This papaya when ripened to near orange on the tree tastes as sweet as a mango. It’s always been so – guaranteed! Perhaps because of what it grows in.”

By Siddartha
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“My guess is that for a terrace garden with about 200 sq ft of 1 foot deep, good quality composted raised bed with the best designs et al put together – you should with easy effort reap more than half a kg of edible matter every day. Definitely possible in winter, other seasons might be little less.”


Red bricks line the raised beds filled with compost, no soil.

Link to photos here.

9 comments

1 Bhushan P. Phadnis { 10.24.11 at 2:29 am }

Highly impressed! i am Puneite, can I see it live? If yes, where and when?

2 AMUTHA JAYAKRISHNAN { 10.26.11 at 9:24 pm }

Please forward details of Compost? Shall we make terrace garden without soil. Please explain.

3 siddartha sikdar { 10.31.11 at 10:21 pm }

Hello All – These are photos from my terrace in suburban Pune, India. You can drop me a comment at the flickr album here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwbP23N

4 Akanksha Kohli { 02.11.12 at 3:34 am }

Hi! This looks so good!
Was the roof designed to take the garden’s load? What are you doing to combat root penetration?
Regards.

5 ravindra wagale { 05.11.12 at 8:35 pm }

so interesting!! I would like to have such a garden on my terrace. Can I visit see your garden?

6 Madhav Patwardhan { 11.14.12 at 8:53 pm }

I am residing at Sahakarnagar No2 PUNE. I have terrace garden. I want to see your garden. can I

7 sangeeta balsaver { 12.17.12 at 6:07 pm }

too good to be true ! what about water proofing of your roof? root penetration ?

8 poornima { 02.01.13 at 7:02 am }

Hi! i am impressed by the simplicity of yr terrace garden design. I am planning a terrace garden with this technique in Gurgaon, Haryana. I have few questions before I star my garden : how is water drainage taken care in yr terrace garden? is any wire mesh layed below the compost? what happens to this technique in case of heavy rains?

9 Ajay Dalmia { 05.08.13 at 5:22 pm }

What you are doing is simply beautiful. We are currently living in Bali (Indonesia) and have enjoyed growing our own veggies for the last couple of years. Moving to Baner, Pune in June. Love to visit your garden. Please drop me a mail with your details. Regards

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