Tag Archive: indoor gardening

Lufa Farms Builds World’s Biggest Rooftop Greenhouse In Montreal

Catherine Sherriffs

There’s a movement sweeping across the globe that has people looking for fresh, local, and nutritious food that’s sustainably grown. Montreal’s Lufa Farms embodies that spirit, bringing real food to people living in cities. To continue serving the community, the urban farm has just finished building the world’s largest rooftop greenhouse!  Garden Culture had the…

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What Is Vertical Gardening?

The perfect way to increase your possible food production in a small space without reducing harvest quality! While square foot gardening has its uses, vertical gardening gives plants better air flow, which in turn, reduces pest and disease issues. Better still, you’re not limited to growing in soil. In fact, you don’t need any ground…
October 11, 2017
Tammy Clayton

Will Technology Make Community Gardens Obsolete?

With each passing month, a new indoor gardening gizmo or system leaps into existence, a vacant lot or rooftop farm is born, or an indoor agriculture operation starts its inaugural hydroponic crop. One might wonder what will become of community gardens with all the personal agriculture options out there today, along with food banks, soup…
June 14, 2017
Amber

Vertical Gardens for growing in Small Spaces

While it is nice to have a large open area that gives full sun to use as a garden, sometimes that isn’t available, but by using vertical gardens, a fence or wall may offer an alternative. The concept is simple: if you can’t go out, go up. Apartment balconies are an example where using methods…
June 10, 2017
Grubbycup Stash

Meet Spacepot: NASA-Inspired Hydroponic Pots

Growing leafy greens and herbs outdoors is pretty simple. Loosen the soil. Sow the seed. Water regularly, and food appears. Doing the same indoors without soil appears complex and baffling to many, which is why Spacepot was born. Totally simple hydroponic pots as beautiful as the plants rising out of them. Just about everyone knows…
June 5, 2017
Tammy Clayton

Diary of an Indoor Grower: Hydroponics Garden Evolution

The only thing that hasn’t changed in my hydroponics garden is its dimensions. It is just over 70 Sq feet (6.6 X 11.2).with 8-foot ceilings. Otherwise, it is in a constant state of flux. Lights, systems, nutrients, fans, controllers, you name it I have changed it. Part of the reason is that I have, especially…
May 28, 2017
Eric Coulombe