Monday, May 26, 2008

AEROGARDEN


Here is a picture of what the AEROGARDEN LOOKS LIKE IN FULL BLOOM! I have the WHITE one that I bought on GDA, they sold out very quickly! My cost was $85 after the $20 rebate**needs adobe to view / print

They are currently on sale HERE for $144 (or $124 after rebate) which is still a great deal considering the retail is usually $199

I took mine out of the box yesterday and started assembling it, it was VERY EASY to put together. The instructions were clear and the assembly time was minimal. I did have one issue and that was the plastic "U" shaped piece on top of the arm must have broken off during shipping. We used super glue and put it back together rather than wait to have this set up (customer service closed on weekend). This seemed to "do the trick" for now but the CLICK noise was missing.

The kit came with 7 different herbs
Purple Basil
Dill
Parsley
Cilantro
Italian Basil
Mint
Chives
HERE IS MY AEROGARDEN JUST SET UP

I filled the bottom with water, added the food, turned the lights on and we were in business! There is a tiny pump that turns on and waters the bottom of the little cups that hold the seedlings. At about 9 p.m. I followed the directions to SET THE TIME (the time to turn "off" the unit) which should have meant that is 8 hours it would automatically turn on. IT DIDN'T, when i got up this a.m. it was still off. I called CS but it is a holiday and they were not open, so I will try again to set it tonight, it is probably "just me" but we will see.

I rec'vd an email that I would like to share with you from another Freelancer LAURIE, who just happens to be an AEROGARDEN Fan............. this is actually two emails I asked her a few questions in between, I hope it pieced together well................

Hi Anjie! I wanted to tell you that I have 3 Aero Gardens and I love them! Right now I have cherry tomatoes, salad greens, and snap peas growing in mine. I absolutely love them! If I had the room for more of these, I'd get more. Actually, because I'm such a great customer, Aero Garden sent me a free shelving unit that holds all 3 of my Aero Gardens on it. The shelving unit is brushed stainless steel and has plugs on it so I can plug all 3 of them into it and the shelf just plugs into the wall with one plug. I haven't unboxed it yet though because I plan on moving and I'll set it up once I move. Then I will have more room for more Aero Gardens and hopefully another FREE shelf!
The free shelf is usually $129. so I really got a bargain!!! Plus they sent me a ton of free kits too!
I just know that you'll love your Aero Garden as much as I love mine! They're so simple to use! Be careful though, they're addicting!!I bought the kits but you can buy the Master Gardener kit where you can use your own seeds. I absolutely love this.One of the best things for me is that I have parrots and I try to feed them organic only veggies. This way I am! I know exactly what is on my veggies that I'm feeding them! The cherry tomato kit has both red and yellow tomatoes. If you've never tried yellow cherry tomatoes, oh man, they're delicious! There's nothing like being able to pick salad greens, and cherry tomatoes just before dinner time and I don't even have to go outside to do it. Oh and I've been picking cherry tomatoes for 4 months and I still have more coming!!
After my second purchase from them, they called ME!! They asked me if what could they do to improve their service and jokingly I told them that if they sent me a free shelf that I would buy a third Aero garden.Two weeks later, I had a free shelf show up by Fed Ex. Well I just had to hold up my end of the bargain and bought a 3rd one!! After I bought the 3rd one, they shipped me 3 free kits. I think one was a herb kit, one was another cherry tomato and one was a hot pepper kit, which I wanted to get anyway because I wanted it for my parrots! Lets just say, I'm a VERY happy Aero garden customer!

I am thrilled to get this and REALLY want to try some other things with it! I am starting with the herbs and then will go from there. Will update with "lighting problem" results and more info as I go along, learning and growing with this NEW WAY to grow stuff indoors! I will use , harvest and dry my herbs as they grow (hopefully) and then go from there!

HERE is the Main Website for Aerogarden if you want to read more on it.

WISH ME LUCK!

2 comments:

ANJIE said...

The Aerogarden lights are now working and 3 of them have little sprouts ALL READY!
wow! I am excited! I rec'vd an email from them that they are going to send a replacement for the piece I fixed (even tho it is working fine) and the light problem was me (not it) so we are in business!

ANJIE said...

They sent a replacement "arm" to me and wouldn't you know that one was broken as well, same U shaped piece! I called them and they emailed me a shipping label to send back to them and they said they would send me another one AGAIN! OMG! my garden is coming along and I will blog with updated photos soon!