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Seed Money takes itself quite literally… money that can be planted and will sprout into flowers as well as fruit and vegetable species.

Seed Money looks like the real thing – pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters – but is far more valuable. Use it to solicit surprise and smiles from friends and strangers alike, and then tuck these paper coins in soil to grow colorful flowers and delicious vegetables. It’s tender for tending!

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While a less subversive than “seed bombing”, seed blocks are an excellent way to get planting started.  As the article points out, its not cheap though, so enter the DIY angle.  It’s even appropriate for starting gardeners and children.

Serious gardeners who’ve kept track of their spending know how expensive it can be to purchase peat pots, potting soil, & soil blocks each year. With any sort of plant root bundle packaging, you are forced to buy more polypropylene and labels and trays. There is better way.

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Officially, it is a gorgeously designed ocean vessel / skyscraper powered by renewable energy for a sustainable human presence in the world’s imperiled seas.  Unofficially, it is my future super villain base from which I will repel the world’s so-called heroes with batteries of lasers and ion disrupters while launching my plans for world peace/domination.

The brainchild of French architect Jacques Rougerie, The SeaOrbiter would also be the world’s first vertical ship standing at an impressive 170 feet (51m) tall. However in order to make the vessel as stable as possible, two-thirds of its structure would remain underwater, giving the …
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Plenty of people have a window box of herbs in their kitchens (whether they actually use them or use them properly is another matter altogether), but how many people can say they have a hydroponic herb garden in their kitchens?

This kitchen island grows culinary herbs right in your kitchen.  The solid maple mitered frame is bleached and then whitewashed.  Two stand alone ebb and flow hydroponic systems are nested in a cedar drawer directly under two LED and two T5 High Output CFL grow lights.  60W x 33D x 36H.  Custom iterations are available upon request.

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While I’m no garden guru, I’m not as cursed as some folks I’ve seen. I have what is called a silicon thumb, so how could I not notice a device that brings as much technology as possible to bear on the otherwise natural practice of gardening? 🙂

It’s a device and a website that will simplify hydroponic gardening. You tell it about your setup and what plants you’re growing, and it provides you with a personalized growing plan that tells you how to achieve the best possible results. Sensors in your garden send readings to your account on the Bitponics …
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