Indoor Gardening

Posted by A. Caleb Hartley on January 31st, 2008 filed in gardening

It is currently winter time in the USA, which means it is cold outside – at least if you live north of, oh, let’s say Tennessee.  With shorter days and colder weather, people are apt to get “seasonal depression” (aka seasonal affective disorder, or SAD). 

It is a proven fact that live plants can help people feel better when they are down (I made this up).  With that in mind – I’d like to discuss a not specifically green product that may still be of interest to my green readers: The AeroGrow AeroGarden.

This product allows you to grow plants (herbs, flowers, small vegetables, etc.) year round, in your house, without making a mess.  There’s no mess because there’s no dirt!  The AeroGarden is a self-contained “garden” which uses seed pods and suspends the plant’s roots (once the plant germinates) in a “rain-forestlike” chamber where they are “misted” by water pumped through the chamber.  The garden will even alert you when the water is running low. 

The AeroGrow AeroGarden costs between $150 & $200, depending on where you go: Macy’s 199.99 | cooking.com 149.95 | Cook’s Quarters 149.95.

OR, through environmentastic!, you can try AeroGarden for only $19.95 [aff] for 36 days.  The 19.95 is the shipping cost, and you have 36 days to try the product out before you decide if you want to keep it.  If you click the above link, you’ll not only get a “free” trial (not including shipping), but you’ll be supporting environmentastic! as well.

Before you make a decision on whether or not to try this product out, click on some of the links below to read more about the product and some reviews of it.

Treehugger reviews the AeroGarden here.  This is a positive review.

Another AeroGrow affiliate reviews his own success with the product here. Obviously, as an affiliate, another positive review.

Here, BoingBoing reviews the AeroGarden. Verdict was “skip it” – but the only reason was becasue it is just as easy to grow things with pots and dirt.  The review was actually positive about the product itself.

NewsTarget reviews the AeroGarden here, as well.  I am a big fan of Mike Adams, because he seems to do very good research and thorough reviews of products and services.  Mike initially recommended against the product, but found that the particular product he reviewed was faulty.  He still hasn’t fully recommended the product, but he has stated that AeroGrow has been working with him (and on the product) regarding his concerns, and that “the fact that AeroGrow is constructively engaged in problem solving and is interested in a conversation about these criticisms speaks volumes about the company’s integrity.”

Namaste,
A. Caleb Hartley

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Have you used the AeroGarden? What did you think? Will you try it out? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments!

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