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40 Smart Space Savvy Garden Ideas

For those who have a desire to garden but are lacking square footage, here are 40 awesome ways you can garden in small spaces! Most of these ideas use repurposed items that you might already have.

1. Grow succulents on top of wine bottle corks that have magnets secured to the back. Smart-space-Savy-Garden-Ideas-10

2. Use pallets to grow vertically. Especially useful on decks, patios and balconies. 
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3. Try growing in a “Dutch Bucket” hydroponic system. Smart-space-Savy-Garden-Ideas-9
4. Create a vertical hydroponic system using repurposed pipes. Smart-space-Savy-Garden-Ideas-7
Visit the original article at “art.ekstrax.com” to view more Smart Space Savy Garden Ideas.


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This Californian Urban Farm Is A Glimpse Into The Future Of Agriculture

Urban farming is taking off, and California is is getting a glimpse of what future agriculture might be like.  Take a look at this Long Beach urban farm, all part of The Growing Experiment. Here you’ll find countless fruits, veggies and herbs growing in 175 metal towers.  It’s also home to a 600 gallon tub filled with tilapia and goldfish. They use this tub filled with fish as part of their aquaponic system which delivers the nutrients to the plants.

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“For each square foot of space, we’re basically replicating three to four square feet outdoors. We’re maximizing vertical space. Even though this is 1,000 square feet, it’s almost the equivalent of up to 4,000 square feet in the ground.”

You can read the entire article at “fastcoexist.com“.

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Hydroponic Garden Shows the Possibility of Indoor Farming

In Salt Lake City, Utah, even though there may be snow on the ground and freezing temperatures…people are growing countless fruits and vegetables indoors in the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food building.  They are also using aquaponics, which uses fish to provide the nutrients that the plants need to grow.

Read the full article at: “Good4Utah.com”

“If you want to try out Hydroponics and Aquaponics, it is easy and relatively inexpensive.  The State Department of Agriculture has all the information you need HERE.”

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This London Underground Farm Grows Salad in a WWII Bomb Shelter

This post is originally from http://www.fastcoexist.com

3051209-slide-s-2-this-london-underground-farm-growsDeep below the streets of London, something is growing in tunnels that once kept people safe from World War II bombs. One hint: It’s leafy.

3051209-slide-s-6-this-london-underground-farm-growsAn old bomb shelter is also pest-free, as well as weather free, and there’s never a frost. That means no pesticides. And because the farm is hydroponic, all the nutrients remain in the tanks, instead of running off into the soil and then into rivers.

3051209-slide-s-9-this-london-underground-farm-growsGrowing Underground is a company that makes “kilometer zero” eating possible in London, by growing salad in LED-lit, underground factories right beneath the customers’ feet.

3051209-slide-s-3-this-london-underground-farm-growsThe Growing Underground farm sits 100 feet under Clapham in South London.

3051209-slide-s-1-this-london-underground-farm-growsIt uses hydroponics and low-energy lighting to grow salad, including mizuna, watercress, Thai basil, radish, pea shoots, mustard leaf, and red vein sorrel.

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They grow year-round on racked beds that look like warehouse shelving. Best of all, the process uses 70% less water than regular surface farms.

3051209-slide-s-5-this-london-underground-farm-growsBeing underground has many advantages. One is food miles, or the lack thereof. Transport makes up a significant proportion of the cost of food, both financially and environmentally, so growing in a city center cuts that cost almost to zero.

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How To Grow 168 Plants In A 6 X 10 Space With A DIY A-Frame Hydroponic System

This source of this post, content, and photos is from goodshomedesign.com

The techniques you can use for making gardening far easier than it actually is are not that many and in most cases not that accessible in terms of costs or work put into getting it. In order to succeed, you have to think outside the box! This hydroponic system is that one clever way to grow plants on a small surface area with little effort. In the project featured on this webpage you can see how a homemade vertical A-frame hydroponic system can surely help you grow your garden plants. Actually, the hydroponic system is one great method for growing herbs or other small plants, like radishes, lettuces or strawberries; for the last type it is way more attractive because you won’t have to stand on your knees and on the ground, but just pick them while standing up. View the following video tutorial in order to make a working hydroponic system. Start growing 168 plants on a 6 by 10 surface!

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How To Make An Awesome Aquaponics System [VIDEO]

It’s obvious Ann Forsthoefel of “Aqua Annie” is excited by aquaponics, the growing of plants fed by nutrients from fish, which in turn provide a source of food when they reach maturity. “There are so few inputs compared to growing crops in the soil,” she said. With her gardens, she’s constantly building up the soil that is depleted at the end of each growing season. The beauty of aquaponics, she said, is that there isn’t that constant work because the fish are giving nutrients to the plants. Read her full post on Cooking Up a Story: http://cookingupastory.com/aquaponics ‎