SO this year we decided to try our hand at hydroponics. Don't let that sound super complicated. It's really quite simple.
We have purchased two aerogardens.
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Shanon and I had seen advertisements for these several years ago, and we always said that it looked very cool. I have always wanted to have fresh herbs in the kitchen for when I'm cooking, but we never really put this whole thing on our priority list.
Now that we have been cooking much, much more at home, we decided to make the investment. Although we know it will take several batches of herbs/Lettuce before we see much return on our investment, we do spend money on fresh herbs quite often, and although they are not the most expensive thing we buy at the grocery store, $2.99 here and there 3-4 times a month does in fact add up over a few years, and with us growing our own, we will definitely use even more fresh herbs, which is overall healthy for the family as well.
We have also been researching how to plant/grow with these gardens organically, although the first initial planting has been done with the seed pods the gardens came with.
We are looking forward to doing some container gardening this year, as I have had the itch the last two summers to get some veggies planted.
Alright, enough of the why.
Thursday February 11, 2016 We planted 12 pods across the two Gardens.
On the 3 Pod "Sprout" model, we planted leaf lettuces. Black Seeded Simpson, Deer Tongue, and Paris Island.
On the 9 Pod "Bounty" model, we planted Thai Basil, Genovese Basil, Dill, Italian Parsley, Mint, Chives, Curly Parsley, and Cilantro.
