Windowfarms is one of the coolest hydroponic projects that I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a simple DIY drip system that is made from recycled materials, specifically built for placement in a window. The garden has a flexible design but is generally uses plastic waterbottles, with plants growing in hydroton or other lightweight soilless [...]

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 [...]

Neil, our sales rep on the east coast, sent me a ton of amazing photos from his garden. There are way too many to fit in just one post, so here is the first batch.
These pole beans are so lovely. They look like they are right out of Martha Stewart Magazine!

His TesteCalabasa is a beautiful [...]

Peppers were finally harvested from the big greenhouse. I am excited to taste the different varieties tonight with dinner. Fajitas anyone?

We are expecting rain this weekend in NorCal, and that signals that it’s the perfect time to get winter crops in the ground. Just about everything except the strawberries and the artichokes were cleared from the acreage at the FarmLab. It can be shocking to see all the vegetation gone, but it will all be worth it [...]

General Hydroponics is all about growing your own. We want you to create your own sustainable vegetable harvest so that you can be self reliant and help reduce the energy required to produce and transport food into grocery stores. I was chatting about all of this with a good friend who has a background in [...]

It’s harvest time in Nor Cal. Fall crops have been doing well, but this last week frost has begun to set in. That means it’s time to get all the veggies off the vine and off the ground before they rot from the icy dew. These squash were grown and picked on our farm. They [...]

One of the main reasons General Hydroponics wanted to start a blog was to foster a community of growers who share and learn online. Flickr is a really cool photo sharing website, and its simple format allows users to create tutorials and give step by step instructions. (It’s also a great place for hosting photos [...]

So, this past weekend, Jesse’s now famous pumpkin was picked and loaded up via forklift into the bed of a truck. Jesse hauled it down to the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. The festival features not only pumpkin weight contests, but pumpkin carving contests and pumpkin pie eating contests. There’s pumpkin beer, and [...]

Check out one of the ways that Gen Hydro has been connecting with children, educators, non-profits and local charities. Our sales rep Jessica Lilga really went above and beyond helping to orchestrate this amazing project. She also took the really great photos below!

San Francisco is teeming with eco activists, and General Hydroponics has joined with some of the [...]

Vertical Farms are way hot concepts right now. Basically they are indoor garden skyscrapers designed specifically for growing food crops. This is a very impressive mock up. Totally inspiring, right? I found it at chrisjacobs.com

Check out verticalfarm.com, they have excellent information up on their site.