For those pursuing off-grid living growing your own veggies is absolutely essential. When it comes to growing veggies we often only think of growing them in soil. However, there are other methods of growing veggies. One of these methods is hydroponics. But what is hydroponics? Read on!
Hydroponics is a way of growing plants in water enriched with nutrients. The word “hydroponics” comes from ancient Greek with “hydro” meaning water and “ponics” meaning labour. Instead of soil, organic substances like vermiculite, coco coir or perlite are placed in the water for the plants to root in. As a result, with hydroponics, the water does the work by providing the nutrients that help the plants to grow more quickly.
More and more people are looking into ways to become more self-sustaining in how they live. Particularly in South Africa, it’s becoming increasingly important to become more self-sustaining. Our energy crisis and the constant droughts are forcing us to move in this direction. As a result, many people are now investing in solar, water filtration and food gardens.
A simple step we can all take towards this is to grow our own veggies. One of the greatest rewards of this is that you will be eating fresh, organic food. In addition, you will also save money because it can become pricy to buy organic veggies from the shop.
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