Julie Berbiglia introduces us to what’s known as vegetable confetti or microgreens. These nutrition-packed tiny plants take only 2-4 weeks from germination to harvest. We see how a gardener with an entreprenurial spirit has set up a microgreen production farm in his basement.
What's a pollinator hotel? A habitat for beneficial garden insects. In this example assembled by the Davidson County TN Master Gardener Association, it is comprised of various items that mimic the preferred habitat found in nature for a wide variety of insects. It is recommended that a pollinator friendly structure should be located within 100 feet of the main garden beds for optimum benefit.
We visit TN Urban Farms to see how greens, herbs and vegetables are being grown in vertical food-grade plastic towers. The ingredients for growing so fast and healthy are water, light, nutrients and oxygen. This greenhouse operation boasts 440 plants in production in just a 6 ’x 8’ greenhouse space.
