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Do you have an extra bath tub in your house? One that no one uses? If so, then you have the perfect place for growing your indoor hydroponic garden!Now why would you want to use the bath tub? First of all, if it is never used, then you are paying for that extra real estate it is taking up. You might as well put it to use.Second, a bath tub gives you the benefit of having a drain built right in to your container. That way you can flush out the water reservoir on an as needed basis and then provide new and fresh nutrients for your plants.Third, with the larger space that a bath tub provides, you can either grow more plants or grow fewer but much larger plants.Let's get started!First you will need a medium to hold up your plants. In typical, outdoor gardening, this is the soil. In hydroponics, it is something else. With a bath tub hydroponic garden, you can use styrofoam or another buoyant container. The object is to keep your plants floating in the nutrient solution so that the roots can soak up the nutrient rich water.You will also need a pump or bubbler .. more »

Today's man is caught in hard mental work, family conflicts and many other disturbing issues and is in need of some relaxation. Gardening, undoubtedly, is a great thing for alleviating stress and providing mental relaxation. It is usually known as practice of growing ornamental plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables etc. Gardening can give you relaxation after the whole day's hard work and it becomes more enjoyable when you have personal plot for this. However, with the passage of time, many new methods or systems have been introduced. Some of them are described below:Container gardening: In this gardening, you are not bound to have a plot to garden as the containers are used for growing plants. Containers can be half barrels or plastic window boxes, earthen pots or gallon milk jugs with the tops cut off. You can choose them according to the space you have for gardening. You can put a variety of plants in the containers depending upon your choice. The only thing you must be careful about that is to know the characteristics of the container. This method of gardening is generally used on balconies, in atriums, doorway and roof tops.Hydroponic gardening: In case of insufficiency of nutrients .. more »