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Here's an easy DYI project for an indoor herb garden so you can have fresh herbs all year round for under $20. No tools needed. | Here's an easy DYI project for an indoor herb garden so you can have fresh herbs all year round for under $20. No tools needed. | ||
Not only will you save on buying herbs but you won't need to spend a fortune on a fancy watering system. | Not only will you save on buying herbs but you won't need to spend a fortune on a fancy watering system. | ||
=====Hydroponics for Home Growers===== | |||
[https://www.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-agricultural-production-systems/hydroponics by USDA] | |||
Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil, and can include an aggregate substrate, or growing media, such as vermiculite, coconut coir, or perlite. Hydroponic production systems are used by small farmers, hobbyists, and commercial enterprises. | |||
According to USDA: "Growing plants in water culture or sand culture without soil are procedures that have been used by physiologists studying plant nutrition and by other plant scientists for more than a century." (Growing Crops Without Soil. Beltsville, MD: USDA, rev 1965.) | |||
