Storing and Preserving
How to Extend the Life of Your Harvested Crops
After setting up the perfect environment for your crops and maintaining every growroom parameter to the letter, you’ll find that the most...
How to Grow Oyster Mushrooms at Home
It should come as no surprise that the number of people who are crazy for oyster mushrooms is dramatically increasing. After all, they so...
Pantry Prep: Preserving Homegrown Herbs
Many herbs will thrive in indifferent soil and reward you with plenty of leaves, flowers and seeds.
Bringing in the Harvest
There are many techniques for harvesting various fruits and vegetables and, in many cases, there is more than one correct way to properly...
Harvest Hoedown
The best part about growing your own fruits and veggies is the part where you get to eat all of the food you labored to grow. Shannon McKee...
Preserving It Right
There’s gardening, and then there’s harvesting. The two pastimes go hand in hand for most successful green thumbs. Will you be canning,...
The Magnificent World of Microgreens
Baby-leaf lettuces, microgreens and sprouts are not only easy and fast to grow, but they also pack a hefty nutritional punch and the trays...
Plants That Say I Love You
This Valentine's Day, try combining gardening and romance by giving your sweetheart a stunning plant.
Homegrown Groceries: An Argument for Indoor Food Production
There are a few reasons why growing one’s own food is becoming more of a necessity.
Grow Your Own Food Indoors
There has been a resurgence in gardening lately, as more Millennials decide to pick up the spade and get planting.
A Delicacy From the Dark: Hydroponic Forcing of Witloof
Belgian endive, also known as witloof, is unlike any other vegetable grown hydroponically and its unique value and sophisticated flavor are...
Getting Hoppy
Hops, the female flowers of the plant Humulus lupulus, are best known for the bitter, tangy flavor they lend to beer. Kyle Ladenburger has...
Spear a Thought for Asparagus
While asparagus is often shipped long distances to provide a year-round supply of this delicacy, nothing beats locally harvested spears -...
The Micro Revolution: Growing Hydroponic Microgreens
With just days between seed germination and harvest for many varieties and ideal for small spaces, microgreens are increasing in popularity...
Try Growing Your Own Wasabi
Wasabi, an Asian plant with a strong flavor has gained popularity in recent years. Turns out, the semi-aquatic plant is well suited to...
Drying and Smoking Harvests: How to Improve Longevity and Flavor
So, you have been bulking up your knowledge and skills as a grower, and your garden has produced more than you could possibly use. You find...
In the Land of Giants
Way, way back in the prehistoric days of living giants, plants were huge. Today, Erik Biksa offers tips on how you can bring that...
Aromatic Adventures: Growing Exotic Herbs and Spices Hydroponically
Many people value the distinctive flavors that herbs and spices from faraway places add to a dish and the good news is many of these...
