I have been growing some Sugar Snap Peas on the porch here in Detroit for about a month. All the peas were started from seeds that I germinated in a cup of water and planted directly into ProMix with no cuts or additives. I decided I wanted to do a side by side with the [...]

There is a common motivational trope that the Chinese word for “crisis” is also “opportunity”. Well, boy did I have a crisitunity late last month. With the quick arrival of summer-y weather in Northern California, I thought I would give my basement WaterFarm tomato plant a relocation into the warm, sunny clime of my back [...]

Though there is a close relationship between TDS and Electrical Conductivity, they are not the same thing. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Electrical Conductivity (EC) are two separate parameters.
TDS, in layman’s terms, is the combined total of solids dissolved in water. EC is the ability of something to conduct electricity (in this case, [...]

I feel like a plant in transition this week. A simple spring forward of the clocks and I am wilting over searching for the morning light. Benjamin Franklin first proposed daylight savings time in 1784 but the U.S. did not adopt it until World War I. Most people have strong feelings about this mandatory switch [...]

As you may have gathered previously here on the GH blog, it’s unseasonably warm here in the Bay Area. So much so that I’ve decided to get cracking with garden preparations. This past weekend I broke out our heirloom seed stash and set some sugar peas into my RapidRooter tray with a bit of light [...]

While most of the country is waist deep in winter wonderland, we here in Northern California are eager to begin our outdoor spring crops. Technically Spring doesn’t arrive for another month, but around here, with the temperatures creeping up to the 60’s F we are already in our cool spring season. It’s not [...]