As we approach the tenth anniversary of our hydroponic journey and indoor gardening, it's an ideal time to reflect on the innovations, trials, and transformations that we have encountered in our pursuit of this home gardening method. A decade ago, we were newcomers, just beginning to dabble in the ...
Hydroponic
Growing Cucumbers Indoors
Cucumbers are a really fun plant to grow. They are so quick that one can almost see the growth. Growing cucumbers indoors allows us to grow them in the off-season and also during a cooler summer. A win-win in a cold climate. Indoor cucumbers in our experience grow fast and expire fast. It's ...
N.F.T. Downspout Hydroponics Setup
We have been growing food in the N.F.T. Downspout hydroponics now for a few years. It is our preferred choice for indoor gardening. In this post, we are showing you how to set up a simple NFT downspout Hydroponics system. There are different types of hydroponic systems: Water Culture, Ebb ...
Planting a Hydroponic Garden
All growth begins with planting, including hydroponic gardens which are not much different from conventional soil planting. Starting plants from seeds is a beloved aspect of gardening. With discovering hydroponics and indoor gardening a whole new gardening world opened up to us. Now planting a ...
7 Reasons to Grow an Aeroponic Tower Garden – Review
With the growing interest in gardening, the Tower Garden has gain popularity as well. Most reviews you will find are from distributors who want to sell a Tower Garden, and that's understandable. We are not distributors, we are growers. After growing the Tower Garden by Juice Plus for many years ...
Lemon tree in the indoor garden on Video
This blog article started as an indoor garden update on video. But since the Meyer lemon tree in the video got so much attention and raised questions, we have updated it to give more information about growing lemons. An indoor garden is a place where winter does not exist, and that's quite ...
NFT downspout Hydroponics system upgrade
Nutrient Film Technique (N.F.T.) Downspout Hydroponics is an exceptionally simple hydroponics setup. Last winter we built a NFT downspout Hydroponics system to grow lettuce indoors all throughout the winter. We share a how-to here. We are very pleased how the system works, of all the other ...
High Pressure Aeroponics Guide
Recently we described our NFT downspout hydroponics system which you can read about here. Now imagine having a large box for the plant's roots that are now suspended in the air, and the nutrient-rich water solution is being sprayed onto the roots in a form of a fine mist. What you will get is called ...
GARDEN UPDATE – Winter 2019 ON VIDEO
Winter 2019 has been good to us and now it is time for a garden update - winter 2019 on video. We do these updates to encourage you and us to keep growing. To see what has worked well and what needs improvement and to learn from it. You can see last years' winter garden update here. During the ...
Growing an Indoor Edible Garden – Video
With November, the outdoor gardening season is definitely over. However, the planting and growing here at Northern Homestead is not over. We have only moved from the outdoors to the indoors. We grow sprouts on the kitchen counter, herbs in a sunny window, and a real indoor garden in our Food ...
