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UAE: Creating a hydroponics garden in your swimming pool

An Indonesian family living in Abu Dhabi dipped their toes into the world of hydroponics after they decided to drain the swimming pool of their Khalifa City villa and create a vertical garden in its place.

The Hartantos’ hydroponics undertaking has involved Nifti’s entire family: her husband, Rudi, their sons Muhammad Rizgi, 11, and Maulana Ibrahim, 9, and daughter Nashhah Tagiyyah, 5. The garden currently has a capacity of 150 plants, where tomatoes, cabbages, chillies, lettuces, aubergines and broccoli are grown, and shared with neighbours and friends.

Rudi, a geological engineer, says that the set-up is "very simple; everyone can do it", and can be achieved at relatively little expense during the course of a weekend. The equipment needed is readily available at nurseries, hardware stores and pet shops, and the family manages all care and maintenance of the project.

It has also provided an opportunity to educate the Hartantos’ children about the cultivation of food, from seed to plate. They’re visibly enthusiastic about what grows here – and extremely discerning about the flavour of the produce.

The hydroponic garden has become something of a community hub, with neighbours getting to share the fruits (and vegetables) of the family’s labours. They have even been called in to conduct taste tests, comparing the produce to local supermarket purchases. The hydroponics harvest won hands down.

Read more at The National
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