How I grew my own food with smart hydroponics

Life gets wild with Gardyn, an indoor smart hydroponics system. Bridget Carey documents three months of using this vertical garden system to grow fresh produce for her family and the lessons she learned along the way.

00:00 Grow BEAST plants with this easy smart garden
1:24 How does Gardyn work?
2:47 Chapter 1: How does your garden grow?
4:23 Chapter 2: I spy something growing
6:20 Chapter 3: A fresh feast
8:03 Chapter 4: Little chop of horrors
10:06 Chapter 5: The fungus among us
10:56 Chapter 6: The bitter end

[CNET]

What do you think of smart hydroponics? Are you ready to start growing your greens at home?

[smitmiras]

I have no intention of buying this product, but I watched this video from start to finish! Great job with your script and delivery!

[IvelizMartinez-gq]

I just got this machine in its newest version (4.0) as a gift from a group of clients that just came together. I must say, I have watched a lot of videos trying to figure this out before setting up my machine and this is by far the best video I’ve come across. Very informative and funny which is a plus. Your kids are adorable! Thank you and keep making great videos!

[marie]

This was the best review of the Gardyn I’ve seen. Thanks for being so real! I still want one but we’re going to attempt some DIY hydroponics first and see how we like it. Thank you for the video! Very helpful!

[FindingPeaceatHome]

Great review. I have an acre garden; however, I love my indoor gardens because they allow me to grow year-round. We had unseasonably cold weather this spring, so I held off planting outdoors. I have Aerogarden Harvest Elite and Aergarden Farm 12XL. I'm growing cucumbers, tomatoes, kale, lettuce, collards, chives, purslane, basil, dill, cilantro, comfrey, and other herbs.

My Gardyn will arrive tomorrow. They're currently on sale, 20% off, so I decided to make the purchase. I don't plan to use their paid subscription service. I'm using my own seeds and buying additional rockwool. If I have any questions, there are several forums dedicated to Gardyn users.

[daler.coopercreationsandcu]

A great presentation: informative, witty, sardonic, self-effacing, attractive, well spoken and a mellifluous voice, plus 2 cute kids - an ideal combination! I could watch this group watching paint dry! (This is not a serious suggestion for a future program!)

[mynamehaschanged]

Bridget, I think this is one of your best stories.
Please make your own YT channel, to be able to watch your videos more often. I mean, you have your own YT channel for sure, but you should go for it appart from CNET.

[AlphaCrucis]

Thanks for all the little details that people seem to leave out in their reviews.

[JolanRensen]

If you've got too much basil, you can crunch and mix it together with some sugar and sprinkle it on lemon sorbet ice cream. It's delicious!

[MissyHathaway]

I just got mine and some of my y-cups aren’t budding but they told me I could add the food thanks to my Kelby spy cam lol. I have a tower garden as well. It’s all a learning curve. I hope my fairy tale eggplants grow.

[soolee]

Thank you so much for your thorough review! I was searching for a system to grow greens for my family and this review gave me a good sense what to look for.

[hennter]

What a nice review, Bridget! I loved it! Best regards from someone who is interested in a low maintenance, automated, indoor gardening system

[praballunavat]

You are very funny, smart, and informative. Much appreciated!

[Scootir]

Love the concept but $800 up front and then $30/mo plus your labor to grow about $25 of salad greens? I’m out.

[adamwarner]

Great video thanks for sharing im excited to get mine
GROWING MACHINE I like it

[mellosings]

So cool. I love your presentation. Easy to watch & listen to. 😊 Hydroponic systems are so cool. Would be nice in half the size.

[HouseDadLife]

What an absolute great way to start just about anyone with hydroponics.

[emtbehan]

Awesome video. Liked the cameo by the kids.

[losergamer]

One good thing about COVID is it's fun seeing people's actual lives. Cute kid, I love how you involved them in the video and review.

Also, $800 is way too much. Then they want $30 a month for $30 worth of seeds per year? Also, no.

[drjademd]

This was the best Gardyn video I’ve seen! Thank you!