B8 Provident Living

  Hydroponics is a fun way to garden in the winter in St. George. Here are some lettuce and kale that I am growing in my garage right now. Kratky Jar Method Find dark wide mouth jars or paint any similar jar with  black paint. The dark jar prevents algae from growing in the water . Here's what else you need: 3" net cups, clay pebbles or other inert substance to hold the plant, plant food (I use a 4-18-38 hydroponic soluble fertilizer and calcium nitrate which is 15-0-0.) and two buckets in which to dissolve your two fertilizers.              The fertilizers are dissolved separately and mixed together as you fill the jars.  You need 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of water.  My buckets hold two gallons so I put 1 teaspoon fertilizer in each bucket and then fill it to the brim.  The reason you have to buy the fertilizers separately is because they will lose their unique qualities if processed together as solid...

 Welcome to the B8 Provident Living Blog.  Here I will post ideas and information to help us all "Provide for the future, while taking care of today."  The following is taken from Spencer W Kimball's Teachings, chapter 11. "We have placed considerable emphasis on personal and family preparedness.  I hope that each member of the Church is responding appropriately to this direction. . . I like the way the Relief Society teaches personal and family preparedness as "provident living." This implies  1) the husbanding [ prudent managing] of our resources ,  2) the wise planning of financial matters ,  3) full provision for personal health , and  4) adequate preparation for education and career development ,  5) giving appropriate attention to home [food] production and storage as well as  6) the development of emotional resiliency ."  (Emphasis added)