Bren Haas of #Gardenchat and Creative Living with Bren Haas.
Podcast: BioDome Gardening with Bren Haas
This week's guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Bren Haas, creator of the popular Twitter chat group, #Gardenchat.
Ask Gardenerd: How to Build a Mini Greenhouse
A fun question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week:
" I have a big south facing back porch. I would love to make a small greenhouse where I could start seeds and, maybe, even let herbs [over]winter. Do you have ideas for making my own
greenhouse?"
There are many options, from a mini-greenhouse to the full-fledged, brick and mortar English greenhouse. I used to create my own mini-greenhouses by taking tomato cages, laying them on their sides
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Aquaponics: A Field Trip to EVO Farm (Now Ourfoods)
Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aqua-culture. It is a closed-loop system that uses aquariums (or aquaria if we're going to use proper Latin) of fish to produce the nutrient fertilizer
for plants to feed upon. The plants then grow in the water that is infused with fish droppings (and filtered for solids). It uses no soil. The water recycles back through the system to the fish and
the whole process starts all over again.
I paid a visit to EVO Farm, a local experimental site that combines yardsharing with aquaponics. ...