If you’re not an avid gardener it’s hard to stay on top of keeping indoor plants like herbs and spices watered and cared for. So consider this Urban Cultivator like a personal gardener. It’s designed blend in with your other kitchen appliances, but it keeps a small herb garden alive and well all year long. [...]
Without fertile soil and abundant water, a farmer would seem to be missing the most essential tools of his trade. Hydroponics can help a struggling farmer grow an abundant crop even on a small parcel of land in a desert, on a rooftop, in a starving city — with no need for such luxuries as [...]
To many, the idea of organic hydroponics seems like an impossible contradiction. Hydroponics, the growing of plants in a medium other than soil, usually utilizes a chemically derived nutrient solution. Organic gardeners, as a rule, do no like hydroponics: for those who love the soil, the prospect of plunging elbow-deep into a gritty mix of [...]
Snap peas picked right off the vine have a crunchy texture and savory flavor that reminds your tongue what good health is supposed to taste like. Few pleasures match the simplicity of eating raw veggies you grew yourself on a sunny day. That’s what residents of the Women’s Residential & Counseling Center, located just off [...]
The 75 kW system installed at Santa Rosa, California facility of General Hydroponics will supplement the power production of its existing PV system and improve its energy savings by producing electric power and hot water from the same installation The newly installed 75 kW system, 60 kW of thermal energy and 15 kW of electricity [...]
Hydroponics is defined as “the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil”. Vertical hydroponics is simply put the vertical distribution of water. It takes up wall space instead of floor space and works much like normal hydroponics. Many people opt for this type of growing system for [...]
Bearing in mind that leafy greens and I become somewhat estranged during the protein-, fat- and carb-laden stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, I cleverly scheduled a visit to Endless Summer Harvest for the end of December. The Purcellville, Va., farm produces picture-perfect hydroponic lettuces and salad greens year-round and sells them to chefs, [...]
Maybe it’s a sign of the times that home gardening is on the decline. Before, people would spend their time in the back yard. Now, they spend their time in their virtual back yard — the Internet. Britta Riley is merging the two by creating The Windowfarms Project, and she appeared on “Good Morning America” [...]
Without fertile soil and abundant water, a farmer would seem to be missing the most essential tools of his trade. Hydroponics can help a struggling farmer grow an abundant crop even on a small parcel of land in a desert, on a rooftop, in a starving city — with no need for such luxuries as [...]
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) stopped by The Root Café on her way to file papers with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Monday. Kaptur, who will likely run against Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to represent Ohio’s newly-formed 10th District including Lakewood, met with Root co-owner Julie Hutchison to discuss H.R. 3225, Kaptur’s bill aimed [...]
