HydroHarrys Newsletter February 2011

We have very exciting news! First, our HydroHarrys store in Farmington Hills will be celebrating its 1st anniversary during the weekend of March 12th. Mark that date on your calendar as there will be lots of anniversary activities and many product discounts. Our other great news is that we will be opening a THIRD store in Walled Lake. We are still finalizing the details but you can expect it to be another perfect place to buy all the hydroponic and indoor gardening supplies that you need.

Master Gardeners are now Master Brewers

HydroHarrys has recently started "brewing" our own Microbe Tea from Vermicrop Organics. Check our website for brewing dates and you can pick up a free sample.

The VermiTea solution is a highly concentrated liquid form of beneficial biology that increases nutrient efficiency, root mass and yield. It contains 35,000 diverse organisms that are recognized as probiotics for your plants. It introduces a consistent and balanced plethora of beneficial bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes. This allows for better digestion of nutrients and also stimulates immune system function. It a nut-shell, adding this tea solution to your soil or hydroponics system will make plant root zones more healthy and enable them to absorb more of your nutrient solution.

We will be brewing batches every week, and the Vermi T Solution will be ready on Saturdays at the Harrys Garden Center location. Stop by and pick up a FREE sample.

Hydroponics Will Save The World

Phytofarm grow 100 acres of spinach on 1 acre of ground. Hydroponics is sufficiently practical that one supermarket has built a 10,000 sq ft vegetable garden. PhytoFarm in Dekalb, Illinois produces mainly lettuce and other garden vegetables in a hydroponics facility measuring 200 by 250 feet, at a rate of a ton of food per day, enough to completely feed 500 to 1000 people. Grow lights supply the "sunlight" needed by plants and is the key raw material in state-of-the-art hydroponics. Even at present electricity costs, PhytoFarm is profitable, and its food prices are affordable at ordinary American incomes. If PhytoFarm techniques were adopted worldwide it would be possible to feed 500 billion people on only 1% of today's existing farmland. Pretty cool.

Employee Spotlight: Joey

Joey started working at Harry's five years ago. He took a year off to become a police officer but he quickly came back to work at Harry's when a perpetrator took his gun, handcuffed him to a light pole naked and stole his police cruiser. Joey celebrates Will Farrell's entire movie career and has seen every movie. He is an avid gardener who likes to can tomatoes with his Grandma, and for what Joey lacks in height he makes up in knowledge of Hydroponic gardening. Stop by today to pick Joey's brain about your hydroponic or outdoor garden. Check out Joey on FoxFarm's blog.