A much loved one gave us an Aerogarden as a present.
This is a VERY small mini-grow station. It is so small we have set it up on our kitchen table (and we LOVE that this is possible).
It supposedly supports SIX herbs. I am doubtful it will do that but we plan to harvest regularly so, hopefully, it will be okay.
It was super simple to set up. Take it out of package and plug it in, turning the lights on. Then just pop in the seed pods, fill the reservoir with water, drop in a couple caplets of liquid fertilizer, and it is good to go.
The buttons will tell you when it is time to refill the reservoir with water. Fertilize every two weeks. The lights are on a timer. They should turn themselves on and off.
Those lights throw off heat also, which I like because our house is normally too cool for herbs like basil.
And it is fairly quiet.
I also like that it is portable. When the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are away from home, we can easily bundle the herb-filled aerogarden up and take it to Awesome Mom-In-Law’s house (i.e. Grandma’s House – grins).
And I like that she won’t have to water the plants often. Just fill up the reservoir every week or so.
Aerogarden suggests, aggressively, that we buy pricey replacement seed pods, which I do NOT like. But, thanks to the interwebs, I think I have figured out a less costly solution to that issue.
IF the Aerogarden works for us.
It is too early to know that.
But I am hopeful.
(smiles)
