Planted my roofgarden today.

[timo21@mastodon.sdf.org]

@futurebird That looks great. are you putting netting over it?

[rhempel@cosocial.ca]

@futurebird Growing your own food is ineffecient as hell but it is good for the soul I've got plans for a couple of espalier fruit trees on the south side of my garage ( in Ontario ) so I will join you in the mutual admiration society real soon now.

[rogerbw@discordian.social]

@GlasWolf @futurebird That's not counting the ants, right?

[s31bz@social.s31bz.com]

@futurebird Heck yeah! My mom and I put together a raised garden bed in our back yard (the soil we have natively isn't very fertile) and we're thinking about saving up for a second one too.

[astridpoot@mastodon.social]

@futurebird yes autonomy!

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@mxchara

Carrots, onions and beans. Carrots do well if you get the right kind.

[gdinwiddie@mastodon.social]

@futurebird I think you're going to have to wait awhile before you reach the "several hours" threshold.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

Due to our roof being fixed I have not been able to garden for TWO YEARS. But now they are done and it's time to grow food again. Our chives survived the construction but not much else (not even the strawberries)

There was a colony of ants in one pot that I would feed and I was delighted to find that they made it too!

I'm fairly certain it's the same colony since they live in the hollow space of a plastic pot. I will need to plant more strawberries for them as those were their favorite.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

I assume they just ate the roof worker's lunches for the past two years? I was just getting sad that they were gone when one of them emerged from their old hole to find out who was digging in "their" soil.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@gdinwiddie

We have chives ready to go. Would you like ... a very small "chive salad" ?

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@timo21

No. It's not needed up here.

[bigtittybimbo@autonomous.zone]

@futurebird thats hella cool

[cathos@merveilles.town]

@futurebird yay! So cool.

[alienghic@timeloop.cafe]

@futurebird

How does it take 2 years to fix a roof?

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@alienghic

That's a GREAT question.

[secretsloth@mastodon.art]

@futurebird awwwww! Yesssssss go ants go!

[noplasticshower@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird though I live in the country with lots of land, many bazillions of plants and a big garden, I have always dreamed of a rooftop garden in NYC

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@alienghic

To be fair to the workmen they also repointed all of the bricks ... so it was a whole thing.

[phryk@mastodon.social]

@futurebird Hell yeah, the amount of flat roof space that's just outright wasted in urban environments is one of my pet peeves.

Don't forget to throw up some PV and seating, too. This roof just looks perfect for this kinda stuff – lots of space and a great view.

[durandal@oldbytes.space]

@futurebird The pigeons are already circling!