Pink Fruits add a delightful touch of color to any garden, enticing both the eyes and taste buds. From sweet and juicy strawberries to exotic dragon fruit, there are plenty of Pink Fruits varieties to choose from!
21.07.2023 - 23:09 / awaytogarden.com
TO A VEGETABLE PLANT, my apartment has to be about as foreign as outer space,” says Britta Riley, who nevertheless gardens it with a vengeance—in a vertical hydroponic system she conceived called a Windowfarm. How to get your own system—and help kickstart the success of this dynamic startup project.
The basics: There is no soil in each of the growing cups (they are just over 3 inches in diameter), but rather clay pellets hold roots in place. Plants are nourished by a liquid nutrient solution—an organic formula, not chemicals. A pump moves the solution up and over the roots; the window the system is hung in supplies the needed light. Herbs, salads and other greens are some of the most commonly grown crops, but community members are tackling strawberries and cherry tomatoes and small peppers and so on in the evolving group experiment.
I bet we A Way to Garden-ers could really push the envelope on productivity!
With a similarly defiant attitude as she uses gardening her Brooklyn windows, Britta and her “2.5-woman team,” as she describes it, have also managed to cultivate a fast-growing international community of 25,000 windowfarmers on a Windowfarms social network site. In the best open-source tradition of knowledge sharing, members in turn have contributed enhancements to the system’s design. Pending patents on the latest design will be held by the community—so quite the opposite of the case of most intellectual property that a traditional corporation owns and enforces, often sacrificing progress (and what’s best for the consumer!) in the name of profit.
So here’s the challenge (as the top video explains):
Right now—until Wednesday, December 7—the Windowfarms team is working toward a pre-order goal to finance having the product
Pink Fruits add a delightful touch of color to any garden, enticing both the eyes and taste buds. From sweet and juicy strawberries to exotic dragon fruit, there are plenty of Pink Fruits varieties to choose from!
Georgia, with its varied ecological landscapes, is an ideal place for wild plant enthusiasts. The state, from the mountains to the coast, primarily spans USDA Hardiness Zones 6b to 9a, with pockets of 6a in the mountainous regions and 9b in the coastal plains. This wide range of zones fosters an array of Wild Edible Plants in Georgia that you can also grow in the garden.
A fad in modern architecture and gardening or a necessity to bring back nature into industrialised densely built urban landscapes? Living green walls are becoming more and more popular, so we decided to explore the benefits, installation and maintenance process of these structures. Read on to find out how long they have been around, why so many buildings are having them, and how you can make one for your home.
Check out these stunning Types of Geraniums that can be a great addition to both home and gardens. We have picked the best ones for you!
In Yorkshire we are lucky to have several gardens designed using the theme of a Himalayan Garden. The Hut near Ripon at Grewlthorpe is  ‘The Himalayan Garden’ with all the plants you would expect in such a setting including
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In the cold wet winter it is a good time to plan where to visit as the year improves. The South West is the obvious place to start your visiting tour of gardens containing exotic plants.
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Not what you would expect for a garden called ‘The Phoenix Garden’ in the middle of Tottenham Court Road near Crown Point. It isn’t a phoenix from the ashes of a great fire or a WW11 bomb site at but was built on a disused car park in the 1980s. It may be part of an overflowing burial ground for St Giles-in-the-field church back in the 1600s and is reputed to be the last surviving Covent ‘Garden’. The entrance is located in St Giles Passage
Colorful ferns can be an excellent addition to any garden or indoor plant collection. These plants are characterized by their beautiful, vibrant fronds ranging from shades of pink, red, yellow, and even purple.