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A sustainable indoor garden system allows you to grow vegetables yourself all year round. This post from Truth Theory showcases Ikea’s hydroponic system that doesn’t need soil. Ikea’s indoor garden system is the perfect option for those who wish to grow their own food all year round but don’t have the garden space to be able to do it. Ikea’s indoor hydroponic garden allows ... Continue Reading
Set up a simple and inexpensive rainwater collection system to handle all your outdoor watering needs with reclaimed water. This post from Old World Garden Farms sheds light on rain water collection systems that can be easily adapted to almost any home. When we first began to clear the land for our little farm in the fall of 2010 – one of our biggest concerns was water – or ... Continue Reading
Growing your own food never looked, or tasted, this good. It’s a rising trend that is bringing kiwi gardening aficionados to their knees – literally. A growing number of gardeners are being spotted over the neighbors’ fences, faces beaming with creative zeal, eyes manically gleaming as they dig and plant and cut their way to a fruit and vegetable utopia. The shackles of ... Continue Reading
Have you ever read a piece of writing that changed your direction in life? For urban farmer and artist Britta Riley, it was an article by journalist Michael Pollan on why growing our own food is one of the best things we can do for the environment. His thoughts inspired her to use her skills in design technology and background in RD (research and development) to develop a way ... Continue Reading
Modern agriculture may be out of step with the earth’s song, but scientists have found a new key to understanding how we can march to the beat of the ancient drummer to maximize nutritional value, and naturally resist pests. The clue: circadian rhythm. Circadian Rhythm Circadian rhythm, aka circadian clock or cycle, is any biological function that repeats on a ~24-hour cycle. ... Continue Reading
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