The best hydroponic herb gardens for your kitchen counter

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 17:10 in Biology & Nature

Grow wherever you are. (Lettuce Grow via Unsplash/)We’ve all been there—at the grocery checkout line with a live basil plant and dreams of fresh pesto and caprese salad. But things get busy, or our kitchens don’t get enough sunlight, and within weeks the plant is wilting. Kitchen-top herb garden systems are a great solution for this, with LED grow lights and a water reservoir that make caring for plants fun and easy. And once you use some of your fresh grown herbs in a recipe, you’ll never want to go back.We’ve picked some of our favorite herb garden systems for your kitchen.It’s even Alexa enabled. (Amazon/)The AeroGarden is an incredibly easy way to grow fresh herbs right on your kitchen countertop. 40 Watt LED grow lights help herbs grow strong and bushy, without sunlight or placement concerns. Seeds are grown in water—avoiding the mess of soil—and watered through filling up...

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