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Daylength is usually the most vital factor in regulating vegetative growth of your hydroponic garden.

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Passive hydroponics is a convenient method for vegetable gardening because of its high yields and deliverance of quality products.

Freshly grown fruit is one of nature's healthiest foods, and also among the tastiest.

By: NaturalFreeChoice.com Choosing the right technology helps to protect our environment, and at the same time makes our work easier, this type of technology is called appropriate technology. It is designed taking into consideration the ethical, community, economical, and cultural aspects from where it is going to be used. There are some characteristics that describe this technology like the reduction of electric use, reduction of labor, uses renewable energy and materials that are friendly for the environment, etc. Following are some example of this technology with a brief description: 1) Solar cookers a) Use heat from the sun and cooks slow b) There are several designs: 1) Heat trap boxes 2) Curve concentrators (parabolic) 3) Panel cookers 2) Solar dryers a) Can be used to dry vegetables and fruits b) Some designs are: 1) Plastic dryers: made of wood frame and wrapped with a clear plastic 2) Wood and glass dryers: uses air flow

When we are planning to plant it is good to know which type of soilwe have in order to know which improvements we need to perform. Understanding soil is very important if we want to produce healthy fruits and vegetables. The techniques shown here is simple and can utilize inexpensive materials.

If you want to be food sustainable it is good to start harvesting your own seeds. One of the advantages of harvesting your own seeds is that you can choose the best ones, and at the same time saving for the future. When you consider harvesting you should choose disease free plants and observe them to see if they have the quality that you want like the size of the plant, the flavor of the fruit or vegetable, resistance to pests, harvest time, etc.

Seed saving is a good way to food sustainability and economy. Being food sustainable is an important part in permaculture. It reduces your garden expenses, you can control the quality, maturity dates, size of the fruit or vegetable, etc. When you save seeds, you save more for the future, and if you need another kind of seeds you could trade them with other people of the community.

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