[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

SC, I have to admit a lack of imagination on this one. All I can think about when I see this is a pit filled with "night soil".

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Hydroponics: Old becomes new!

National Park Service Hydroponics

Picture of raft system of growing from:

I prefer to grow in dirt myself.

[SunkenCiv]

Building rafts for residential use was common in the culture, and the gardening was done on the same raft. It's an interesting idea. More secure for its time, as well.

[nicollo]

night soil

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In the 1930s-50s, a French Canadian Indian named Joe squatted on an island on a small lake in Maine where my family has a summer camp. He built up the island by hauling dirt and rocks over the ice that would settle on the shore in the spring. (He also ran a moonshine operations — my cousin found it while scuba diving off the island.)

My mother likes to talk about how his vegetable garden was lush and productive — and about the standing family rule, “Never eat Joe’s tomatoes”.