If you are just in the starting phase of your kitchen remodeling, here's a nice little addition that you may want to consider especially if you like gadgets.
It requires that you allow space for an electronic device that measures 16 inches long by 10-½ inches wide by 15-½ inches high when it is first set up. Over time though, this gadget grows to as high as 21 inches. You can use it all day long and it should supply you and your family with healthy food all year round.
If you'd like to see the product right away, go to this
website.
The product is called AeroGarden
. It's a device that sets up an indoor garden right within your kitchen.
To give you a better idea of how this gadget works, you have to know of an agricultural system called "hydroponics".
Hydroponics is soilless gardening. Scientists have discovered that plans may be grown in a medium other than soil. In order to apply this principle of soilless gardening, the indoor hydroponic systems was developed. Instead of soil, an inert growing material or just plain water is used to grow the plants or vegetables. No further need for soil in cultivation!
AeroGarden
manages to twist the principle of hydroponics a bit. They call their system aeroponics. This is a growing method where plant roots are suspended in air inside a 100% humidity, highly-oxygenated growing chamber.
It uses a fluorescent light above the chamber and because it's electronic, a microprocessor adjusts the delivery of nutrients, oxygen and water. This ensures faster growth and healthier produce. Think of an oversized desktop lamp with a large growing chamber as the base.
The basic idea is to be able to grow vegetables all year round, no matter what kind of climate condition. If this device piques your curiosity, you should head over to the AeroGarden
website so you can get a visual idea of what it looks like and how it can fit into your kitchen remodeling plans.