Friday, December 19, 2008

Don't Let the Winter Season Confine Your Green Thumbs Into Hibernation

I may love working with flowers of all variety but I admit I do not bear green thumbs. I think it is the patience to tend to something that require so much attention and effort that may or may not result the picture perfect garden of you dreams. It may also be the factor of "playing" in the dirt for me too. So then why not have a powered mini greenhouse right on your kitchen table without requiring soil. Yes, you skeptics, you can grow plants without soil. I mean it's on the internet, so it has to be true. 8P

Introducing the AeroGarden. The Areogarden has 3, 6 or 7 slots to place you special seed pods in so you can grow what your heart desires. If you are a gardener and cook, then grow your own little veggie garden or herb garden. If flowers are you thing, then an English Garden it is.


All you have to do is buy the special seed pods (from the same company), add water and a nutrient tablet (from the company too). There are specific lights that indicate refilling the base with water or another tablet.

It works by creating a wet and nutrient rich environment for the plant roots while the LED lights above will give your plant the appropriate amount of light for photosynthesis. Aeroponic system.

Now my question is if you can add you own seeds to the pods to grow other plants that are not available through their website. The company doesn't appear to endorse it but if you go to YouTube, you will find some scientists out there that have successfully grown other types of plants. I won't say what it is but I can tell you that you can't eat it or arrange it in a floral arrangement, but it is sometimes known to be used for "medicinal" purposes. Fork over $180-80 USD/$220-98 CAN and you can laugh in the face of old man winter.

Mme. Chorizo

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