Meet GroBucket: Inexpensive Self-Watering Planter
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Vegetable Garden Layout Mistakes to Avoid
Every gardener starts the season with visions of plenty, regardless of plot size. But there are situations you really don’t want in your vegetable garden layout because they’ll reduce or ruin your bounty. Maximizing Your Plants’ Energy Be sure to design your vegetable garden layout to make the most of the sun, whose energy makes […]
Diary of an Indoor Grower & Hydro System
Indoor gardening is for sure the coolest hobby in the world. Well maybe not, but it’s super useful, relaxing, and educational for my children. Our connection to food is practically non-existent and my little garden reminds me and shows my kids the work and knowledge that is necessary to grow practically anything. This blog is […]
Build An Urban Garden Room
A winner of the 2016 Chart Art Fair Architecture competition, the urban garden room display caught a lot of attention late last summer. The structure didn’t attract just gardeners and local food fans. Fair attendees with diverse interests loved the experience of relaxing in a cocoon of live plants. The aromas of herbs and bright colored […]
Meet Altifarm Vertical Garden System
Here’s a new compact vertical garden system… That will work in anyone’s living situation. The Altifarm design is perfect for your busy schedule, and inexpensive to maintain. It will work indoors or outside. And it’s design will look great in any room, or on the patio and balcony. Even the smallest home will have a […]
Hydroponic Plots for Rent
Some call it a plot, others an allotment, but they’re seasonal and soil-based. Why not have indoor hydroponic plots for rent where land-lacking urbanites with limited space in their homes can grow their own year around? It’s not as crazy an idea as you might first suspect. There’s a company in Tokyo who has been […]
Food from Rocks? Gravel Gardening
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Plastic Pots Reducing Your Harvest?
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.91″ src=”http://gardenculturemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/GC-stamp-sticker.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” url=”http://gardenculturemagazine.com/our-magazine/united-states-canada-issue-03/” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_team_member _builder_version=”3.0.91″ name=”by Charles” background_layout=”light”] This article was originally published in 2014 by Garden Culture Magazine, US Issue 3, under the title, “Maximizing Yield from Container Gardens”. [/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.91″ background_layout=”light” header_font=”Special Elite||||||||” header_2_font=”Special Elite||||||||” header_3_font=”Special Elite||||||||” header_4_font=”Special Elite||||||||” header_5_font=”Special Elite||||||||” header_6_font=”Special […]
DIY Fogponics
Futuristic plots never cease to grab our attention. Man is all agog over new thrills, cool gadgets, and the next big thing. In the world of indoor gardening, fogponics is the next generation in soilless growing. This advancement of aeroponic principles is based on NASA innovations for the space program. Once again, overcoming the challenges of grow food in among […]
Window Farming
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.79″ background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid”] With farmland decreasing at the same time that population numbers are increasing globally, vertical hydroponic gardens may be one solution to the world’s food shortages. Being ecologically and economically sound, hydroponic gardening is one of the fastest growing areas of patenting in the U.S. today. The trend is far from restricted to […]
Easy Urban Micro Gardening
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 […]
Hydroponics for Small Apartments
Just because you live in a shoe box doesn’t mean that you can’t grow delicious food that provides a large supplement to your family’s normal diet. While it may be easier to have the expansive and rich soil of farmland in the Great Plains, you can easily mimic the process of growing food in only a four feet […]
Open Source Urban Farming
Forward thinking urban agriculture – better than remote control and SMS reminders. Beyond the DIY hydroponic system, and the reclaimed materials urban garden planter – there are those who see how much the world needs food produced with less trial and error. Fresh fruits and veggies that are easier to grow thanks to computers and robotics. […]
Instant Green Thumb: HUI!
You tried growing veggies at home and failed? Don’t toss in the towel. The difference between a brown thumb and a green one is pretty simple. You have to give the plant the right environment and care, which does take some trial and error… But now you can tap into a green thumb mastermind, and […]
Cool New Hydroponic Garden
Like a lot of people ready to take up urban gardening, Jesse Herbert couldn’t find any hydroponic garden setup he would want in his apartment. The plastics and glues were troublesome, he wanted the best fresh healthy food possible. Then there was the stylishness issue. There are a selection of micro farms out there but […]
London’s Latest Urban Garden
Fortnum & Mason has been synonymous with good food in London since the early 1700’s, and now they’re venturing into farm-to-fork with Piccadilly produce. (Pun intended… so apropos 😉 ) They’ve been selling honey harvested from roof top beehives at the Piccadilly store for several years, hives that would make non-resident queen bees green with […]
How To Beat The Heat In Container Gardens
We’ve hit the dog days of summer, which makes keeping anything planted in pots or tubs a real challenge. To make matters even more difficult, some locations have water restrictions! There are a few things you can do to help your container-grown vegetables survive the heat. The Container Choose it wisely. It could mean the […]
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, […]
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 […]
How To Grow Better Potatoes
Urban gardening enthusiasts find all kinds of ways to grow food, but not every container and method gives you awesome results. This is especially true with veggie plants that have large root systems, which potato plants do. But they need depth more than they do room to spread, so there’s a trend for growing potatoes […]