• Hydroponic Garden Tower grows year-round greens indoors

    I grew up with a ready supply of freshly picked greens and veggies from my parents’ garden, but apartment dwellers don’t have such luxuries. This is where indoor growing units can help, and the Nutraponics Garden Tower can host up to 100 plants. Though we have seen mainstream companies like LG get into the automated…

  • How to grow your own vegetables

    By Lucy Hall | Published – 4 Apr 2025 The first bite of a sun-ripened tomato, home-grown and fresh from the vine, is a sweet and aromatic taste of summer you just can’t buy. Bursting with flavour, free of chemical nasties, and picked metres not miles from your door, food that you’ve grown yourself offers benefits as enticing as the harvest itself. And…

  • 35 Resilient Perennial Flowers for Shade in 2025

    1 Campanula Birch Hybrid Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo//Getty Images Blooming from late spring to early summer, this hybrid bloom is a mix between the Serbian and Adriatic bellflower varieties. Growing wide, but short (under a foot), this plant is traditionally used as a floral filler or groundcover throughout garden beds. Be sure to provide plenty of water,…

  • UNNES hydroponic garden produces quality kale and spinach harvests

    On Wednesday-Thursday, May 15-16 2024, hydroponic vegetable harvesting activities in the form of kale and spinach have been carried out at the Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES) Hydroponic Garden. This activity was attended by Lecturers and students of the Horticulture Cultivation Course, Science…

  • Plant These Vegetables Now for a Delicious Spring and Summer

    1 Lettuce Kodiak Greenwood//Getty Images As temperatures begin to soar, lettuce bolts (read: goes to seed) and becomes bitter. This means you need to plant this salad staple when it’s still cool in early spring. Sprinkle the teeny seeds in rows, and cover lightly with soil. Keep moist while it’s sprouting. Harvest baby lettuce in…

  • Best plants for around a pool: 10 perfect options

    Plants are a must-have for any outdoor space – backyard pools included. In fact, without them, pools can risk looking bare, boring, and uninviting. Surround a backyard pool with architectural foliage, colorful flowers, or lofty trees, and the space can instantly be transformed from drab to fab. And not only will such botanical beauties add…

  • Grants Available For Hydroponic Gardens In ND Classrooms

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  • The veg you’ve never heard of and should grow this year

    You probably already grow dahlias in your garden, but do you eat them? It might be time to give them a try. After all, they were originally imported from their native Mexico not as an ornamental plant but as a root vegetable. “When we planted them and they grew these spectacular flowers, everyone forgot what…

  • 8 English Garden Design Ideas for Cottage-Style Charm

    Here are our eight English garden ideas for designing a cottage-style landscape—picture hedges planted in straight lines and crisp evergreen accents paired with a lush tangle of perennials, annuals, roses, and billowy ornamental grasses. What is an English garden? English garden designs have evolved over the centuries to reflect a “structured informality” that emphasizes local…

  • 10 Fast-Growing Vegetables for a Harvest in No Time

    Gardening is a lesson in patience, but it’s natural to want to enjoy the fruits (or vegetables) of your labor as soon as possible. Fast-growing vegetables are a great way to do just that and are perfect for eager beginner gardeners. Many greens and some root vegetables will be ready to harvest in just 30…