The techniques you can use for making gardening far easier than it actually is are not that many and in most cases not that accessible in terms of costs or work put into getting it. In order to succeed, you have to think outside the box! The hydroponic system is that one clever way to grow plants on a small area surface with not that much effort. In the project featured on this webpage you can see how a homemade vertical A-frame hydroponic system can surely help you growing your garden plants. Actually, the hydroponic system is one great method for growing herbs or other small plants, like radishes, lettuces or strawberries; for the last type it is way more attractive because you won’t have to stand on your knees and on the ground, but just pick them while standing up. Take the following video tutorial in order to make a working hydroponic system and be able to grow 168 plants on a 6 by 10 surface.

A permanent base types of NFT system with pvc pipe & downspouts

With the use of Uni-Seals you can adjust your water level with ease. With new transplants you can raise the water level above net cup until roots form.

Uni-Seals,A must have for any homemade Hydroponic System

Supplying the people of the world with sufficient food has been a constant issue ever since the population has begun to increase considerably. Now even movies are placing food shortage at the center of their Sci-Fi genre. Homemade food might be a possible working answer, people all over have resorted to such a solution in the last years. But how to go about more sustainable food systems?
“Aquaponics, is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In normal aquaculture, excretions from the animals being raised can accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity. In an aquaponic system, water from an aquaculture system is fed to a hydroponic system where the by-products are broken down by nitrogen-fixing bacteria into nitrates and nitrites, which are utilized by the plants as nutrients. The water is then recirculated back to the aquaculture system.”

• An elegant table-top fish tank that cleans itself & grows fresh food at the same time
• Aquaponics System Prototype
• How to Build a Vertical Aquaponic System
• CTSA Guide to Small and Large Scale Aquaponics