Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms! Yum! Check out these awesome Mini Mushroom Farms from Far West Fungi. They are little gardens that will produce ongoing harvests of shitakes or oyster mushrooms. They seem easy and fun, and a great way to produce food that is as beautiful as it is delicious.

One of our readers left a comment, that I decided to answer in the form of a Q&A blog post. I talked to our tech support, and without knowing very much about his grow, we did our best to put together an answer. I think that the information suggested is of value to many different [...]

Everyone is in town right now for the General Hydroponics holiday party, and the flurry of team meetings for the end of the year. Our banquet was held last night at the Hop Monk Brewery in Sebastopol. All the employees from the offices, warehouse, and even the Canadian sales staff were here. Even Shawn, still [...]

Visit GrowingEdge.Com for a chance to win the Master Gardener Iphone App. They have a great review of the tool, which is designed to be a comprehensive assistant. Add plants and search their database of over 40,000 plants. All you have to do to qualify to win is add a comment! Easy!

Everest just sent me a link to this UrbanGardenMagazine.com post about Rapid Rooters. It’s a nice testament to how simple and successful our plugs and trays are.
GH’s Rapid Rooter medium plugs are “a unique matrix of composted organic materials bonded together with plant-derived polymers.” They’re infused with GH’s magic micro nutrient recipe. The plugs come [...]

Meet Nath, of Babylone Hydro-Organique, in Montreal, Canada. His shop is a great place to visit for equipment and knowledge of all things hydro. He shared some great photos of wheat germination trials that he’s been running with our new General Organics Bio Root. The sprouts have really healthy roots, and very vibrant shoots. Nath [...]

It’s really cold here in NorCal, and so I like to sneak over to the greehouse to soak up the warmth. Besides the decent temperature, there is the warming effect of looking at the rainbow of peppers growing in the ebb and flow trays. They look great, and are the perfect reminder of the real [...]

Well, I’m back in NorCal, where the current temperature is 40 degrees. Not bad, but I’m longing for Hawaii. Here are some more flowers from my trip there.
The lovely hibiscus:

And the ever classic tropical flower, the bird of paradise:

I recently had the opportunity to talk about food with a food and lifestyle editor here in Honolulu, and when I asked about local agriculture as it relates to fine dining, I was very surprised with what I learned. Hawaii has to import 80% of its food, and reportedly only has enough food to last [...]