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Found this Wall Street Journal article on Lavish Gardens Sprout Up on Luxury Penthouse Roofs interesting to say the least - might need a regional forum for NYC! This definitely wouldn't fit the frugality forum for sure.
 
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There's a guy in that clip called Fred Rich who's actually rich!
The joke with my name is I'm actually...not
 
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"I'm guessing that it might have been, by itself, a half-million dollar installation," said Mr. Whitcomb. "By high summer, it looked absolutely wonderful. Then began the cold weather, and the wind blowing off the steppes of New Jersey. By April, the wind had taken off almost all the plant material and most of the soil."



Windbreaks people! Windbreaks!
 
I have begun to write a book. I already have all the page numbers done! And one tiny ad:
The new permaculture playing cards kickstarter is now live!
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