Living in the city means that getting good sunlight can be a challenge. I'm someone who enjoys having plants and have managed to grow a few things in the couple sunny windows we have, but I've always wanted to do more. I want to grow my own herbs and produce but don't have the space. I think if it weren't for Marty and the awesomeness of this crazy city, I would live on a farm somewhere green with lots of trees. The rustle of leaves in the wind is in my top ten favorite sounds. I am SO jealous of Stacie's awesome garden.
The Aerogarden has made my little garden possible and is seriously cool. I ordered two (they let you try it out for free for the first month, then make 3 payments. great for those on a budget). I decided to start with Salad Greens (Green Leaf lettuces, Red Leaf lettuces and Red Butterhead lettuces) for one, and Italian Herbs (genovese basil, savory, parsley, garlic chives, oregano, thyme and mint)for the other. I can't believe how fast everything is growing and they look really nice on my counter. For those who don't have a lot of natural light for plants, this is a great alternative. One note of caution. They're SO BRIGHT. I have mine set to come on at 6am. They stay on for 16 hours so mine click off at 10pm. You can adjust them however you want. At first we had them set to be lit all night and off for part of the day. I found that I actually enjoyed having them lit during the day and evening. Every two weeks you add water and nutrient tablets. That's it, except for periodically cleaning it out thoroughly. Crazy simple.
The plastic cups hold in the humidity. Those are removed once the seeds have sprouted.
I've harvested the basil once already because of how fast it's shooting up.
I've already raised the lights 2 notches because of how much they've grown.
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That's really cool. I've seen those around and have wondered how they work. Sounds like even if you have enough sunlight and a yard for a traditional garden, that the aerogarden would be good for those with a black thumb (like me).
Bunnies!!
I am so jealous!
It looks like a salad bar! From scratch!
Hi! Lorraine from AeroGrow... thanks for your great blog, and remember, prune the basils down regularly and keep your lights low, or you'll have oodles of basil and it will steal light from everybody else. Happy AeroGardening!
How cool is that!!! It looks like one of those things you see in SkyMall and you don't think it'll work. But it does!!!!
Yum! Basil! I'm going to show my husband this post and see if he's up for trying it out.
Looks like your having some great success. We've been growing the Salad Greens now for over 53 days, just recently had to trim all the plants back. But they are showing quite a bit of new growth. We're also just purchased our second AeroGarden and are using the Master Gardener Deluxe, and growing Sweet Cherry Peppers this time.
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