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Soil Draining
Soil Draining: How to Make Your Soil Drain Better for Plants If you're like most gardeners, you want your plants ...
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Soil Conditioner
Soil Conditioner: What It Is and How to Use It for Your Garden If you're looking for a way to ...
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DIY Worm Composter
How to Make an Indoor Worm Bin? Worm composting is a great way to recycle organic waste and turn it ...
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Loosen Compacted Soil
How to Loosen Compacted Soil in Pots? If your potting soil is compacted, it can be a challenge to get ...
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Plant Food vs Fertilizer
Plant Food vs Fertilizer: What's the Difference? If you're a gardener, then you've probably heard of plant food and fertilizer ...
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Fix Root Rot
How to Fix Root Rot? If you're seeing any of the signs or symptoms of root rot in your plants, ...
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Neem Oil
How to Use Neem Oil on Houseplants? If you're looking for an all-natural way to protect your houseplants from pests ...
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Leaves to turn yellow
What causes plant leaves to turn yellow? Leaves turning yellow is usually a sign that something is wrong with the ...
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How often to Repot Plants?
How often to repot plants? If you're like most people, you probably don't think about repotting your plants until they ...
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Leca for Indoor Plants
How to Use Leca for Indoor Plants: Guide If you are looking for a great way to improve the health ...
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Grow bags
What are grow bags and why would you want to use them for indoor plants? Grow bags are containers made ...
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Potting soil
How to use potting soil in Indoor Plants? If you're looking for a way to improve your garden, using potting ...
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Moss poles for houseplants
How to use moss poles for houseplants? Moss poles are a great way to grow plants without having to worry ...
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Worms
Worm tea Worm tea, also known as casting tea, worm leachate, and worm wee, is another one of nature’s miracles ...
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Transplant Shock In Plants
How to cure transplant shock In Plants? When a plant has wilted leaves after you put it in a new ...
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Farm Chicks Antique Show
The Day this Farm Girl Got Away – Farm Chicks Antique Show 2011 by Jenny Brown Anyone who raises farm ...
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Growing Your Own Food
Growing and Raising Your Own Food – Is It Really Worth the Work? by Jenny Brown “When people ask us ...
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You’re Flower Gardening in November
“You’re Flower Gardening in November?” By Jenny Brown When you raise your own food, and especially when you write about ...
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Ripe Tomatoes
How We’re Getting Ripe Tomatoes with the Cooler Season this Year The past two summers have been much cooler than ...
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Natural Dog Food
How to Make Your own Healthy, Natural Dog Food? The Dog Food Dilemma – Our Search for a Better Dog ...
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DIY grow Light stand
DIY indoor plant stand with grow light I’m getting excited about starting seedlings!…It’s still a bit early for planting most ...
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Our Three Sister’s Planting Experience
Not All Sisters Get Along – Our Three Sister’s Planting Experience by Jenny Brown It seemed that ‘Three Sisters Planting’ ...
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What Exactly is a Hybrid Seed
What Exactly is a Hybrid Seed? By Jenny Brown I’m a seed saver myself and grow mostly open-pollinated and heirloom ...
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Naturally Deworm
How to Naturally Deworm your Animals by Jenny Brown We do not use chemical wormers on our farm animals. You ...
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Natural Disinfectant
How to Make A Natural Disinfectant Teat Spray for Your Milking Goats Jenny’s Natural Teat Spray Recipe for Milking Goats: ...
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How to Grow Organic

Home gardening

The idea of home gardening is not new. People have always sought to grow their own fruits and vegetables. The difference today is that modern technology has changed everything, allowing us to develop more innovative systems for planting in small spaces, so you can enjoy the benefits of growing your own food at home.

Use a Humidifier
How Often Should I Use a Humidifier for My Plants? If you're like most people, you probably think of humidifiers as devices that are used to combat the effects of dry air in winter. However, did you know that humidifiers can also be used to ...
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Grow Hydroponic Herbs
How to Grow Hydroponic Herbs at Home? Herbs are a wonderful addition to any garden, and they can be especially rewarding to grow hydroponically. Hydroponic herbs are plants that are grown in water instead of soil. This method has several advantages over traditional gardening methods ...
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Light Meter
How to Use a Light Meter for Indoor Plants? If you want to keep your indoor plants healthy and thriving, then you need to make sure they are getting the right amount of light. But how can you tell how much light your plants are ...
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DIY Carbon Filter
How to Make Your Own Carbon Filter for a Grow Tent: Step-by-Step Instructions A carbon filter is an essential piece of equipment for any grow tent. It helps to remove unwanted odors from the air, and it is a necessary component of any ventilation system ...
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How to Grow in Rockwool
How to Grow in Rockwool? Rockwool is a favorite growing medium for hydroponics gardeners. It's made from spun basalt fibers, which makes it heat-resistant and water-absorbent. Rockwool is also pH neutral, meaning that it won't harm your plants with chemical reactions. In this article, we ...
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What Is Bubbleponics
What Is Bubbleponics? Bubbleponics is a hybrid hydroponic system that has been gaining in popularity in recent years. It combines the best features of two of the most popular types of hydroponic systems, deep water culture (DWC) and drip hydroponic systems. In this article, we ...
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DIY Nutrient Solution
How to Make a Hydroponic Nutrient Solution at Home If you are looking for a way to garden that is efficient, sustainable, and doesn't require a lot of space, then hydroponics may be the perfect option for you! Hydroponic gardening is the process of growing ...
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How to Use Tower Garden
How to Use an Indoor Tower Garden? An indoor tower garden is a great way to get fresh produce right in your own home. These gardens are easy to use and come with everything you need to get started. In this blog post, we will ...
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What is Aquaponics
Aquaponics: What It Is, How It Works, and Why You Should Care Aquaponics is a relatively new way of growing food that combines fish farming and hydroponics. The fish waste provides the nutrients for the plants, and the plants clean the water for the fish ...
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Hydroponics Garden Diseases
Problems in Hydroponics - Avoiding Common Mistakes Plant diseases or blights in a hydroponics garden are much less frequent than in a dirt garden because there is no dirt to grow bacteria. Not to mention the fact that many plant diseases travel to the plant ...
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Growing rice
Growing rice hydroponically Growing rice is fairly easy...Did you ever wonder how rice was grown? I have, and I've seen pictures and gathered small bits of information here and there and after some research, I have learned that rice is absolutely perfect to be grown ...
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Algae water from hydroponic
Algae water from hydroponic nutrient water Algae water? In hydroponics? What do you do when your hydroponic nutrient water turns green, black, or brown overnight? Trust me, it will happen to you someday and it can be rather shocking. Fortunately, as surprising as it is, ...
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Passive Hydroponics Systems
Passive Hydroponics Systems A passive hydroponics system will use some sort of mechanism to suspend a plant allowing the roots to hang into the nutrient solution. This method will be moderately successful with the main disadvantage being, 'how do you support the plant as it ...
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Hydroponics at home
Hydroponic at Home - Grow Tent Setup If you are interested in building a complete and inexpensive home hydroponics system then this is the place for you! Hydroponic systems have been around for centuries. The Aztecs designed floating rafts covered with dirt in which they ...
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How does a co2 generator work?
How does a co2 generator work? A co2 generator is a device that produces carbon dioxide for growing plants in greenhouses, hydroponics, and other indoor applications. Carbon dioxide is useful for plant growth because it acts as a substitute for sunlight. It's important to note ...
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Hydroponic Nutrients
The Best Hydroponic Nutrients for vegetables How do choose hydroponic nutrients for vegetable plants? First, you need to know how much of each nutrient your plants need. Then, you should be sure if they can use them in a liquid or dry form. As a ...
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Hydrogen Peroxide
How to use Hydrogen Peroxide for Hydroponics Plants? The benefits of hydrogen peroxide in hydroponic systems are numerous and profound. In this blog post, we'll look at how to use it safely and how it can help you increase your crop production. Hydrogen Peroxide is ...
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Transplant Shock In Plants
How to cure transplant shock In Plants? When a plant has wilted leaves after you put it in a new pot, there are many things that might be wrong. One of the most common problems is when you transplant at the wrong time. Plants can't ...
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How to use Peat Moss?
How much peat moss to add to the garden? To use in the garden, apply a 2-3 inch layer of peat moss to the top 12" of soil and then incorporate it.For containers and raised beds, place 1/3 peat mixed with potting soil or compost ...
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How to Ventilate a room?
How to ventilate a grow room? Air exchange in a grow room helps keep the temperature down and regulates Co2 levels. A high-powered fan blowing outside will cause an opposing vent across the room to suck in air. But how do you know the power ...
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Improve Drainage in potted
How to Improve Drainage in Potted Plants? It is important to have proper drainage in your potted plants. How can you improve drainage? The simplest way is by adding a layer of gravel or broken pottery pieces on the bottom of the container, below the ...
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Expanded Clay Pebbles
Clay Pebbles for Hydroponics What are expanded clay pebbles? Hydroton is a type of growing medium that has been around for decades. It is made from natural stone and comes in many different shapes, sizes, and colors to suit your needs. This article will answer ...
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Grow lion’s mane Mushroom
How to Growing Lion's Mane Mushrooms? So, you want to grow your own Lion's Mane Mushrooms? The first order of business is to talk a little bit about what it is. Lion's Mane (Hericium Erinaceus) are easy to grow, so they're an excellent choice for ...
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pH Up and Down control kit
The Best pH Up and Down control kit People who love to garden know or have researched what their plants will need to grow. Sometimes, this depends on the type of garden you are growing, but how do you know if your garden will thrive ...
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How to set up Water Pump?
How to set up water pump for hydroponics Are you like many people who choose hydroponics? Do you lack space for a garden? Or is your soil poor quality? Do you want to grow in the off-season, for instance, wintertime? Is your environment too hot ...
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How to Build a grow Tent?
How to build a grow box? - Step by Step Build DIY PVC Grow Tent?Build DIY WOODEN Grow Box?How to Build a Grow ROOM? An indoor grow tent may help you prolong the life of your garden beyond the end of the natural growing season ...
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Start Vertical Farming
How to start vertical farming at home? Vertical farming is not only a safe way to grow herbs and vegetables, but it is also a great space-saving technique, especially if you live in a bustling city. Vertical farming can be done in the kitchen, in ...
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The best grow TENT
The best indoor grow tent kits Outdoor gardening is good, but there are so many factors you cannot control. You have to deal with pests, herbs, and weather uncertainty. If you are tired of battling pests and harsh weather, you can move to indoor gardening ...
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How to use a pH Meter?
How to Use and Calibrate a pH Meter? Do you love to garden? Do you need to test your soil from time to time but you’re not sure how to do that? Do you not use soil and use the hydroponic method? Do you have ...
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How to Use LED Lights?
How to Use LED Grow Lights? What You NeedSpectrums of LightHow Many Watts Per Square Foot For Led Grow Lights?How Far Should Led Grow Lights be From Plants?How to Hang Led Grow Lights?Pro Tips Imagine being able to grow plants all year round with the ...
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How to use Clay Pebbles?
How to use clay pebbles? Have you ever heard of planting without soil? Yes, you heard it right. Growing without soil is indeed possible. This is an emerging trend globally. Most countries and states, especially those with challenges with plantation and water, have been looking ...
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pH Meter/pen/tester
The Best pH Meter The best pH meter comes in handy when you need to make the perfect homebrew, test the pH of water for your hydroponics, or test the pH of the soil in your garden. Knowing the acidity of water of soil can ...
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How to Use a Seedling Heat Mat
How to Use a Seedling Heat Mat? A seedling heat mat gently warms the soil when you are growing healthy plants and veggies. They are used for germination and in rooting cuttings. The reason planters use a heat mat when encouraging seedling growth is that ...
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MICROGREENs without Soil
How to grow microgreens without soil? A New Way to Get Food Are you interested in sustaining your own food source? Have you ever thought about growing your own microgreens? Why are microgreens so beneficial to the human palette and how could you endeavor in ...
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How to сontrol Humidity?
How To Control Humidity When Growing Indoors? Combining Young and Mature PlantsUsing A Humidifier in The Grow RoomUsing PropagatorsBuilding and Customizing Your Propagation Set-UpHanging A Wet Towel or Setting Water TraysGetting Rid of Half Your Fluorescent LightsSetting Your Extraction Fan Setting to The Lowest LevelUsing ...
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DIY grow Light stand
DIY indoor plant stand with grow light I’m getting excited about starting seedlings!…It’s still a bit early for planting most everything where I live but this afternoon I pulled my indoor plant stand out, dusted it off, and got it up and running. It’s a ...
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HYDROPONIC Equipment

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in either liquid or solid substrates such as gravel, sand, ceramic pots, or expanded clay pellets.