If you have visited us before, you may notice some changes to the site design. Felt things were getting cluttered, so did a little spring cleaning. We have a little more tweaking to do but I am getting used to the lighter feel. What do you think?
Currently in the grow box I have some basil and more recently strawberries added as I was “weeding” my garden I found a bunch more starts. Though I have seen basil do well in hydroponic systems mine is turning pretty leggy and quickly loosing lower leaves. The strawberries on the other hand and thriving in the environment. Probably will let them stay in there a little longer until the…
width=”550″ height=”412″ /> If you’re growing your own fruit and vegetables, or just trying to eat the things that are produced locally, you come across one obvious problem: when something’s in season, you have more than you can handle, and then there’s nothing for the rest of the year. So the obvious solution is to preserve your food when you have it in abundance. Dehydration is an excellent preservation…
width=”425″ height=”282″ /> Sorry, Punxsutawney Phil did see his shadow so six more weeks of winter. Though for those of you with a blanket of snow on the ground and more coming this is probably not hard to believe. Just for the record Punxsutawney Phil is only right 39 percent of the time so probably best to not put too much of your seed planning on his prediction. Keeping fingers…
width=”549″ height=”366″ /> Here are some awesome modular hydroponics setups by Home Lohas. Pretty much a supersized version of an Aerogarden, they use timers and proprietary selection of nutrient solutions to provide produce without soil and advertised in harvest times with 30% less time. They use a full spectrum LED light system to provide adequate light without running up a huge water bill. Lights/pumps are completely automated so pretty…
width=”549″ height=”309″ /> So after decades of living in home in suburbia with a minimal amount of land this month I have moved to a new location where we have 1 acre of land to work with. Great news is there is awesome potential for gardening here, it also means I have to start over from scratch leaving my previous more mature plants behind… Though this definitely provides me…
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wow, very different. Nice.
Not real sure what it looked like before, personally too much stuff is distracting for me. I like this though.
Simple and functional.
You’re right, it’s important to justify everything that appears on the page. New design definitely looks an improvement to me.