Going Vertical

  If you can manage crochet or macrame, you can probably make a pot hanger. Then, you can hang a pot beneath it, and so on.



  Three dimensions will have more area than two dimensions, always, and going vertical can turn a very small apartment balcony into a very, very huge strawberry field, which is sort of glorious around harvest time. Meanwhile, the laziest form of crochet producing "sort of a mesh netting," tucking very few stitches, this is a fairly good candidate for "baby's first crochet project," and takes waaay less time or energy than elaborate, solid cloth... but, macrame works.

  A three-dimensional hanging garden not only maximizes space and yields, but it also emulates nature. The great rainforests of the world do not emulate a parking lot with evenly-spaced monoculture, and they maintain a lot more biomass per square foot than the average farm. With hanging gardens, you can maintain a similar philosophy (and yield) in a small home or apartment, assuming you get a moderate amount of sunlight or better. Find the studs in the ceiling and hang acres' worth of basil or cilantro or strawberry or thyme or whatever in much, much less than an acre.

  Why not be a little space-efficient, and why not let the plants add a little oxygen to the stale air of your indoors?


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