February 24, 2008

My Grow Op

So I've been trying to cultivate some fresh herbs in my apartment but as I only get a minimal amount of light through my east facing patio door, they're not doing so well.  My mom must have felt sorry for me when I showed them to her on her last visit so yesterday she gave me a present.  It's an aeroponic indoor garden called (wait for it...) the AeroGarden.  Anyhow, it is the supposed fail-safe method to grow all sorts of plants indoors.  I'm going to track the growth of my traditional herbs, which I planted about a month ago, versus the AeroGarden herbs which I planted this morning.  The photo below compares the AeroGarden (left - obviously) to the old-fashioned herbs as they appear on day one of this study.  By week 9 I'm supposed to have a lush StarTrek-esque garden.  We'll see...

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