The ultimate in convenience. Just walk onto your veranda or balcony for that lettuce leaf, celery stalk, tomato, fresh herb…

No dirt, no shovels, no wheelbarrows, no heavy lifting or digging, no weeds…

The ultimate in hydroponic simplicity. You don’t have to be an industrial chemist, or hydrologist. In fact, you don’t even need a green thumb!

Hi, my name’s Peter Grimley, and I swear I’ve been able to kill plants with just a look.

Ok, that’s probably a little exaggeration, but honestly, I’ve had more success with this “naked” hydroponic method, than I have ever had in the garden.

And it’s so quick and easy!

Just for perspective, that’s a Great Dane in the foreground.

(OK, that’s another little exaggeration…)

I’m not about to blow smoke up anyone’s dress and claim you can beat the pro’s; let’s face it, you only get out what you put in. If you want to grow tomatoes the size of melons in half the time, by all means spend thousands on greenhouses, and pumps, and computerised monitoring equipment, etc, etc, etc…

But, if you just want to grow a few vege’s and herbs without any hard work, this has got to be for you.

So simple, it’s almost a crime!

It’s exactly as hard as measuring out cough medicine. Once a fortnight. Into a 5 litre watering can. (Really bad cough).

And you don’t even have to walk off your veranda! Green thumb? Hell, you don’t even need to be smart.

I’m living proof of that.

Have you any idea how many varieties of tomato there are?

Well as it happens, neither do I.

But I know there’s a bloody lot; and what’s more, I know the very best varieties you’ll never find in the local supermarket.

I’m currently growing Roma (very prolific), cherry, yellow pear, mortgage lifter, green zebra, black russian, colossal yellow, patio prize, Golden Jubilee and a couple of others I can’t remember the names of.

And the only reason I get to try all these, is because I grow them myself.

So far, we have successfully grown tomatoes, lettuce (do you know how many types of lettuce there are?), celery, cucumbers, zuccini, capsicum, chilli, heaps of Chinese stir fry greens as well as Basil, mint (grow it? The stuff’s taking over the planet!) thyme, coriander, sage, and flowering plants. Petunias and nasturtiums, Pansies; the world’s your oyster (plant).
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