Gardening

:For the chosen plaintext attack used by the British during World War II, see gardening (cryptanalysis).

Further definitions

In China, for instance, farmers regularly set up outhouses on the roads to attract tourists to use them, furnishing the farmers with "night soil" (human manure) for use as a fertiliser. These methods make excellent use of calories and minerals and water, but of course violate the aesthetics of most Westerners, who would balk at using stranger's human wastes on their own gardens. There is thus some conflict between gardening for personal or aesthetic reasons, and for practical food-raising, even for one household.

Related Topics:
China - Outhouse - Human manure - Fertiliser

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The living wall is an unusual variant of a living machine and is effectively a vertical garden: water dripping down feeds a surface growing with moss and vines, other plants, some insects and bacteria, and captured at the bottom in a pool or pond to be recirculated to the top. These are sometimes built indoors to help cure sick building syndrome or otherwise increase the oxygen levels in recirculated air.

Related Topics:
Living wall - Living machine - Moss - Vine - Plant - Insect - Bacteria - Pond - Sick building syndrome - Oxygen - Recirculated air

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