Aeroponics - What Is That?
Using aeroponics—the same technology NASA uses—Tower Garden grows plants with only water and nutrients rather than dirt. Research has found aeroponic systems grow plants three times faster and produce 30% greater yields on average. That means you’ll be enjoying abundant, nutritious harvests just weeks after planting.
Tower Garden, a vertical, aeroponic growing system, allows you to grow up to 20 vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers in less than three square feet—indoors or out. So it’s the perfect companion in your journey toward healthy living.
Using aeroponics—the same technology NASA uses—Tower Garden grows plants with only water and nutrients rather than dirt. Research has found aeroponic systems grow plants three times faster and produce 30% greater yields on average. That means you’ll be enjoying abundant, nutritious harvests just weeks after planting.
Tower Garden, a vertical, aeroponic growing system, allows you to grow up to 20 vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers in less than three square feet—indoors or out. So it’s the perfect companion in your journey toward healthy living.
Aquaponics Anyone?
The water drains down through the medium (clay, gravel) that your plants are growing in and then dumps back into the fish tank. Not only does this recycle water and grows your plants but it also grows fish!! There are several ways you can do this, but a fish tank system is the easiest.
Basically you have fish in a tank (any size you want. The bigger the tank, the bigger your garden). On top of the tank you have plants either floating (in foam) on top of the water or placed over with bins and a structure. Water is pumped from the fish tank up over the plants. |
Fish are the power house of an aquaponics system, they provide the nutrients for the plants and if your growing edible fish, then they also provide protein for yourself. Keeping fish may be a little daunting to some, especially those without any prior experience, however you shouldn’t be discouraged. Keeping fish in an aquaponic system is more simple than keeping aquarium fish, so long as you follow simple guidelines then growing fish from fingerling size, to ready to eat fish can be extremely simple.
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Square Foot Vertical Gardening
Everything You Need to Know About Container Gardening
By Mavis Butterfield
I hope to add a little more garden space to my yard this year, but with our permanence at this house being so up in the air, I have been a little hesitant to make any huge investments. Last year, I thought I was “settling” by having several containers on my back patio, in lieu of spending money on more garden boxes, but it turned out, it wasn’t settling at all. The containers did really, really well. I don’t know if it was just last year being unseasonably warm, or if the containers, protected a bit by the house, actually produced longer than my tradition garden. Either way, I plan to put the containers to the test again this year.
Container gardening really is the perfect solution if you want a small-scale garden with relatively little permanent commitment. It takes only the tiniest bit of knowledge for them to thrive and produce like mad. More
I hope to add a little more garden space to my yard this year, but with our permanence at this house being so up in the air, I have been a little hesitant to make any huge investments. Last year, I thought I was “settling” by having several containers on my back patio, in lieu of spending money on more garden boxes, but it turned out, it wasn’t settling at all. The containers did really, really well. I don’t know if it was just last year being unseasonably warm, or if the containers, protected a bit by the house, actually produced longer than my tradition garden. Either way, I plan to put the containers to the test again this year.
Container gardening really is the perfect solution if you want a small-scale garden with relatively little permanent commitment. It takes only the tiniest bit of knowledge for them to thrive and produce like mad. More
