Antarctica’s Indoor Gardens
Did you know that they’ve got indoor gardens at the South Pole? If it weren’t for hydroponics, scientists could go a year without a fresh salad. You might assume that food and supplies arrive regularly by air to the different stations Australia has established down south. Wrong. There is only one delivery a year, and […]
Straw Bale Garden Adventures
There it is. Not long after planting. Having plenty of room for a small farm, let alone a garden, some thought I’d lost my mind when I set about growing in straw bales instead of the ground this spring. Not that my soil is anything wonderful, but some of it is greatly improved from decades of […]