Ah yes, herb gardens are a great one! We’re lucky to live where we can keep most things growing year round, with the exception of cilantro which bolts in the summer. I’ve been looking at growing basil and cilantro inside.EWGirl, how do you do your basil hydroponically? Is there a benefit to this vs just in dirt?
We also grow a lot of our own citrus, but so far the trees haven’t produced well enough to get by on what we have outside.
As to the rest of my gardening, I love to do it, but when I add up the $, it has to go in the hobby budget for it to make financial sense. We don’t have a great garden setup in the house yet, so it’s been an exercise in frustration for the most part.
Re the phantom power, we use about a kW/hr overnight when most things are turned off. It could be significant savings. Unfortunately I think it’s the refrigerators that are the big draw, but I am curious what killing all the phantom power would do for us. I suspect much of it is refrigerators, though our AV closet gets very warm. I think I would be worried about putting these on something where I cut the power though. One blown component could blow any savings!
We also grow a lot of our own citrus, but so far the trees haven’t produced well enough to get by on what we have outside.
As to the rest of my gardening, I love to do it, but when I add up the $, it has to go in the hobby budget for it to make financial sense. We don’t have a great garden setup in the house yet, so it’s been an exercise in frustration for the most part.
Re the phantom power, we use about a kW/hr overnight when most things are turned off. It could be significant savings. Unfortunately I think it’s the refrigerators that are the big draw, but I am curious what killing all the phantom power would do for us. I suspect much of it is refrigerators, though our AV closet gets very warm. I think I would be worried about putting these on something where I cut the power though. One blown component could blow any savings!