Comments on: Drive-Through: A Truck Farm Grows in Brooklyn

By: king corn boys — at it again. « the irresistible fleet of bicycles

king corn boys — at it again. « the irresistible fleet of bicycles — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:38:56 +0000

[...] Drive Through: A Truck Farm Grows in Brooklyn by Curt Ellis When my buddy Ian suggested we turn his ’86 Dodge half-ton into a planter, I thought the pickup had finally blown its engine. When Ian said he intended to keep the old truck on the road in Brooklyn, I figured he’d blown his. [...]

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:05:42 +0000

This is fantastic! I live on a tiny island off the west coat and in the only island town, most people have no yard space whatsoever. Even full sized truck like the Dodge in this post are rare, but there are lots of mini-trucks (not the mini-truck of the 1990′2 but the utility variety). One lady has turned her truck into a roving planter as well. It’s terrific and more successful than my in the ground garden this year!

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:56:34 +0000

By: Amerigo

Amerigo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:18:54 +0000

What’s the carbon footprint of Truck Farm? Is it sustainable? Maybe you could grow corn and process it into ethanol right in the truck bed and propel yourself around Brooklyn! GM & Chrysler should look into that. Of course that would mean less arugula….

By: tammy Toad

tammy Toad — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:27:38 +0000

When it easier to come across parking lot space than space to garden this is what we must do.

By: Judi Gerber

Judi Gerber — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:42:02 +0000

This is so cool, love it! Thanks to my friend Rose Hayden-Smith for letting me know about it. I love what you are doing (yet again).

Judi aka LAFarmGirl.blogspot.com