If you live in an apartment in the city and thought that you couldn’t have a garden well then guess again. There is a way for you to practise your green fingers without needing much space to do it in. The Aero Garden is described as the “foolproof dirt-free indoor garden” and is an ingenious way of allowing people with little space or gardening skills to grow their own plants inside.
An avid blogger and cook recently posted a piece on her personal aero-gardening experience. She uploaded photos of the herbs she managed to grow using the aero-technique saying “I love cooking with fresh herbs”. The blogger, Framed Cooks, had a problem. All summer long she was able to grow all kinds of fresh herbs but come winter the snow in her area would completely cover all her dear little plants. She wasn’t happy paying exorbitant prices for herbs at the supermarket so decided to buy herself an Aerogarden.
You can see for yourself how the technology works; oxygen is added to the water which is pumped up and over the seeds and roots of the plants. There are holes for the seeds into which a tiny bit of soil is added and the light above, along with the oxygenated water and the nutrient liquid, encourages the seedlings to grow.
You can choose from a number of different packages. There are herbs, flowers, salads and even vegetable seed kits. For someone like me who is interested in growing their own veggies and herbs this is a great gadget especially considering I live in a second-floor apartment.
According to Aero Garden Reviews it’s the UltraGrow liquid replacement nutrients that help the little saplings flourish but the instructions to use them may be a little unclear. The nutrients do not come with the machine; they have to be ordered separately. And there are other accessories that can be built to help your gardening enterprise such as the grow sponges and the pod labels. You can even buy extensions for your aerogarden in case you want to grow plants that get higher than the normal seedlings available.
Framed Cooked’s report on the progress of her herbs is a wonderful example of how the system works. In a matter of four weeks her basil and mint grew a significant amount, and now she can easily continue making recipes that call for fresh herbs. The aero garden is efficient and doesn’t take up very much space; the whole system can fit on this user’s countertop! You can order a three-pod, seven-pod or extra-height pod depending on what your needs are.
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Jade Scully is a copywriter excited about writing copy and stories, blogging about the world and editing. She currently and regularly publishes her stories on a number of blogs. Jade loves animals and hopes to begin writing copy for the animal rescue charity TEARS as her contribution to the cause.
