Gardening system helps families grow healthy food Submitted by KERRI-LYNN NETKO
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erri-Lynn Netko is part of a gardening effort that uses an aeroponic system to allow families to produce fruits, vegetables and herbs in less than two feet of gardening space and without soil. The aeroponic system is a fully automated self-contained growing system with the same technology used by NASA that recycles and uses 98 percent less water, grows three times faster and provides 30 percent more yield as compared to conventional gardening in a small amount of growing space, without soil, and it waters itself. “It comes with everything you need to get growing — including me as your guide. It is simple to set up, requires very little maintenance and turns either the back yard, porch, sunroom, rooftop, kitchen, balcony, patio, classroom or even the office into an indoor or outdoor year-round farmer’s market with no digging, weeding or
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This photo shows an example of how an aeroponic gardening system can allow people to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs in a small amount of space.
