Whether you are starting seedlings or growing plants indoors, one of the most important purchases is a high-quality grow light. Your young plants need light, and often different light than is traditionally in your house, so finding the best grow lights is essential to raising healthy and mature indoor plants. If you are growing a […]
7 Savory and Healthy Shade-Tolerant Vegetables
While most people envision a bright, sunny space when thinking of vegetable gardens, gardeners are often challenged by shaded areas in their growing space. Fortunately, there are a variety of different vegetables that can live in shade and can be easily grown in any garden. Here is a list of vegetables that grow in shade. Shaded […]
7 Best Vegetables to Grow in Aquaponics
Farmers regularly agonize over two stubborn issues: the health of the soil and the glut of livestock manure. While manure does enrich the soil, there is still too much of it to use up and the earth continues to suffer from chemical pesticides and heavy equipment compaction. Aquaponics answers these challenges by using fish effluent […]
How to Build an Aquaponics System: 7 Steps You Need to Take
Any scuba diver can tell you of the floral beauty beneath the sea. While these plants are indeed aesthetically pleasing, many are also potent sources of nutrients and effective forms of medicine. Amazingly, these organisms are largely fueled by fertilizer from fish excrement. In fact, fish are key in the practice of aquaponics: an aquacultural […]
Aeroponics vs Hydroponics: Know the Differences
For those home gardeners and professional planters who worry over soil health, be of good cheer: there are alternatives to growing from the ground. Treating the roots directly by means of nutrient solutions allows ornamentals and vegetables to develop without taking healthy organic matter from the earth. Best of all, you can raise a wide […]
