Sep 02
Look, you’re already stuffing your entire life into a 100 sq ft box, you might as well maximize your balcony’s utility as well. With some minor augmentations, you can turn even the tiniest outdoor space into a personal Babylonian Garden.
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Jul 12
Do you love plants. No, I mean really love plants. We’re talking "I want sapling inside me" love. Like, "literally all I want is to birth a small but hearty tomato plant" love. Well we’ve got a gift for all three(?) of you: maternity vests for plant pregnancy.
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Jul 01
Obviously there are flowers you can eat. But be careful about digging around your garden to find some yourself. You could chomp on something poisonous and then—oops! You’re dead! But if you’ve ever wanted to deck a cake out with some beautiful blooms, this Edible Flower Seed Kit from Sarah Rainwater is a safer bet.
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Jun 16
Home Lohas brings hydroponic gardening into your room, rabbit guard not included
Posted in: Today's Chili
While running between booths at Computex earlier this month, we were momentarily distracted by these vegetable boxes (maybe it was lunch time as well). As it turned out, this product was launched by Taiwan-based Home Lohas around the same time as when the expo started. The company pitches its hydroponic gardening appliance — so the vegetables rely on nutritious water instead of soil — as a hassle-free, low-power solution for growing your own greens, plus it’s apparently the only solution in the market that doesn’t need water circulation. With its full spectrum LED light, air pump and timers, harvest time can apparently be reduced by about 30 percent. It’s simply a matter of filling up the water tank, adding the necessary nutrients and placing the seeded sponge on the tray (the package includes three types of organic fertilizers and some seeds).
The only downside is that this system costs NT$15,800 (about US$530) in Taiwan, and for some reason, it’ll eventually be priced at US$680 in other markets. If that’s too much, then stay tuned for a half-size model that’s due Q4 this year.
Filed under: Household
Source: Home Lohas (Chinese)
Apr 22
Humans have been digging in the Earth since the dawn of the Neolithic Revolution, some 12,000 years ago. While the earliest agriculturalists had to make do with shovels crudely fashioned from animal bones—shoulder blades were a popular choice—later material advances (namely stone, wood, and metal) led to the development of modern shovel designs and their specialized heads are purpose-built, like spades for digging in solid soil and shovels for moving loose material like coal or grain. More »
Apr 15
Whether your lawn is the emerald crown jewel of the neighborhood or has more brown spots than a cheetah, now is the time to give your yard a spring cleaning. If you’re just trying to get rid of the dead spots or starting over from scratch, here’s what you’ll need to do to ensure your yard stays lush—or at least alive—for another year. More »
Mar 25
City living shouldn’t preclude you from working your land—even if it’s paved over in concrete. Here’s a simple, inexpensive means of creating your own ‘Hanging Gardens of Babylon’ from some gutter and a chain link fence. More »
Feb 04
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now. It’s just a spring clean for the May queen. Either that or it’s the Globus machine trimmer working its way down the line. More »
Jan 28
It’s the dead of winter, your outdoor herb garden is buried under a foot of snow, and you’ve got a margherita pizza in desperate need of fresh basil. What do you do rookie? What do you do? More »
Jan 06
Parrot, a company more famous for making the AR Drone, is attempting to smarten up your garden with the Flower Power. It’s a Bluetooth sensor that looks like a cute little tree branch that you place inside your flower pot to measure sunlight, humidity, temperature and fertilizer. Basically, you’ll know exactly what each of your plants need in real time. More »
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