Tag Archive: indoor gardening

Easy Urban Micro Gardening

Anne Gibson

This article was originally published in Garden Culture Magazine AUS01, under the title: “Budget Edible Solutions for Urban Micro Gardeners”. Have you tried growing herbs or veggies only to give up when it doesn’t seem as easy as first thought? Micro gardening is the answer for anyone with limited time, limited space, and less than…

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Instantly Better Hydroponic Growing Skills

What’s their secret, those indoor gardeners who have such an incredibly green thumb?  It’s not hard to get stumped over the ins and outs of hydroponic growing. After all, it’s a totally different scenario that growing plants outdoors in the ground, so even the most seasoned backyard gardener can easily experience unexpectedly not so stellar results.…
November 28, 2015
Amber

Lettuce Not: Kratky Hydroponics DIY

Growing food in the windowsill has millions trying it, but not everything you read out there in blogland should be taken to heart… like growing herbs in tea cups. Cute, but not very productive. Recycling empty food containers is hot too, and I’ve seen the coffee can trick shown off on a number of sites,…
June 20, 2015
Tammy Clayton

Homegrown Expo 2015 This Weekend

Are you going to Coventry? It’s the best urban gardening show in the UK – The Homegrown Expo 2015 – an event that the progressive gardener won’t want to miss. And better yet, entry into Ricoh Arena for this event is free for the public day – Saturday, 30th of May. So, you’ll only have…
May 28, 2015
Tammy Clayton

Nutrients: How Sweet It Is

Or isn’t, depending on your latest harvest’s tastiness. Should you have used a different nutrient, or is something else amiss in the indoor garden when your strawberries could be sweeter, or your tomatoes richer flavored? You can’t just add some sugar. Flavor is a delicate thing to achieve. One that relies on a number of…
February 14, 2015
Tammy Clayton