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Aquaponics

Designing Aquaponics – Bell Siphon or Floating Raft Kratky Trays?    When it comes to designing aquaponics, you can either build your plant grow trays with a bell siphon flood and drain system or you can use a floating… Continue Reading…

Hydroponics

Simple Hydroponics – Do You Need a PH & TDS Meter?    PH is the measurement of Acidity to Alkalinity on a logarithmic scale from 0-14.  A PH reading of 7.0 is considered neutral, whereas a PH of 6.0… Continue Reading…

Gardening

Building a Garden Watering Grid    Garden vegetables can be fun to grow and harvest, but when drought hits your region, watering can turn into nightmare, especially if your plants are large.  Deep watering is most important with fruiting… Continue Reading…

Hydroponics

Why Grow Microgreens    Microgreens are baby vegetables that are approximately 1 to 3 inches tall. They are often grown from a variety of seeds and provide a dense nutrient content that is greater than full grown vegetables because… Continue Reading…

Aquaponics

4 Reasons We Converted to Aquaponics    If you’ve spent much time in outside gardening, you know that soil beds have their place out in a large yard where you can plot grow beds that are deep enough to… Continue Reading…

Aquaponics

Problems with Aquaponics – Avoiding 5 Common Mistakes    When designing an Aquaponic systems to grow plants with fish, it is important to keep five key factors in mind. If you make one of these common mistakes, it can… Continue Reading…

Hydroponics

Tomato Burn Problems in Hydroponics    Tomato burn in Hydroponics occurs when your nutrient TDS is too high. It results in brown spots developing on Tomato Leaves, highlighted with curled tomato leaves. The sooner you recognize the signs of… Continue Reading…

Gardening

Growing Black Raspberry Bushes    If you know anything about regular Red Raspberries, they tend to take over gardens, but not with Black Raspberries.

Gardening

Growing Carrots the Easy Way    Carrots are easy to grow if your soil is soft and rich in nutrients.  If your soil isn’t prepared properly, your carrots will come out thin and spindly as they won’t be able… Continue Reading…

Hydroponics

Surviving Coronavirus through Home Grown Hydroponics  With a national health crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic we are fighting right now, being able to provide your own food without the risk of grocery store contamination can make the difference between… Continue Reading…

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