Garden Technology

Good Growing Tunes: How Plants Respond to Music

What Is Electroculture Gardening?

Taking Notes: Journals Are Essential To Thriving Gardens

Quick And Easy Ways To Identify, Prevent, and Solve Problems in the Garden

The Gardener’s Forecast: Almanacs, Weather Stations, or Groundhogs?

How To Achieve Perfect Airflow In Your Indoor Grow Room

You are not alone if you struggle to understand perfect airflow in your room. I have designed 100+ grows, extraction …

5 Cool Ways To Light Up Your Indoor Growing Space

Let there be light! It’s no secret that plants need sunlight for photosynthesis, which isn’t always evident when growing indoors. …

Don’t Press The Snooze Button On Garden Data Collection

Gathering and examining data on your growing environment can have a powerful impact on understanding how various factors influence plant …

Garden Ollas: An Ancient Watering Method For The Modern Gardener

Have you heard of a garden olla (oy-yah)? They’ve been around for thousands of years. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, they …

Water, Light, And Controlled Environmental Agriculture

Formed through an exothermic reaction powerful enough to launch rockets into space, the elemental combination of two hydrogens and one …

The Way Of The Future? Project Mineral, Robot Farming And Growing Food

It’s hard to believe that the film Blade Runner was set in 2019! While today’s world isn’t quite the sprawling …

Hopping Mad! What To Do When Grasshoppers Move Into The Vegetable Garden

If you have a garden, then chances are you have grasshoppers! This common pest is easy to spot, jumping from …

What Good is a 3D Printer In The Garden?

In recent years, there has been a lot of hype around 3D printers, laser cutters, vacuum forming machines, tabletop CNC …

Garden Gadgets Perfect For Growing in A Controlled Environment And Outdoors

The world of urban gardening is packed with the most innovative and technologically advanced equipment. A day spent strolling through …

Keeping It Simple With These Low-Tech Gardening Hacks

Before apps and garden gadgets were available, gardeners used tried and true techniques to grow their food and gardens. I admit I …

PAR WARS – Dialing Your Garden Into The 21st Century And Beyond

Long ago in a Trap House somewhere off I-70, Legacy Growers, striking from hidden basements, were winning their first battles …

App Helping Small-Scale Farmers Fight Food Insecurity

With the World Health Organization estimating that 790 million people struggle with food insecurity around the globe, blockchain technology is …

Growing Technology: The Evolution of LED Lighting

My first memories of Light Emitting Diodes are the HAM radio kit from RadioShack I put together in the third …

The Rise Of Eco-Anxiety: How Can We Learn To Cope?

These days, it’s hard not to feel stressed about the environment. The world is heating too quickly, and major weather …

Heavy Metals, Bioaccumulation, and Bioremediation

Heavy metals are a significant source of environmental pollution. While they do occur naturally, the large quantities that contaminate the …