Dr. Steven Blair, an exercise researcher at the University of South Carolina, say that just 30 minutes of low intensity physical activity per day is enough to reduce your mortality risk by 50%. According to Dr. Blair, it’s not obesity that is shortening our lives, but the lack of physical activity. Why not spend this 30 mins per day gardening? Most people get bored walking or using exercise equipment. What better way to get your...

From time to time we talk about the growing trend of people growing their own vegetables and food. Taking things into their own hands in order to save on increasing food costs, and also understanding where their food comes from if they grow it themselves. We’ve been starting to notice more and more government agencies around the world instituting systems for hydroponics growing to help with growing foot shortages amongst other things....

How The Ultimate Plant Cage Came To Be The Ultimate Plant Cage has taken many forms from the day the idea was crafted into its initial form. It all started about 8 years ago when the founder of Global Garden Friends, Michael Donaldson, recognized an opportunity in the midst of his friends garden. What he witnessed was an arrangement of tomato and pepper plants that were producing large, healthy yields on the perimeter but were extremely...

We all know the climate is changing. This affects all of us in many ways. One being with our gardening. How do we know when or when not to plant a certain plant in relation to the weather? Well, usually we do it the same time every year. But, not anymore. You will notice longer winters, or random periods with no rain at all. So with these changing times comes changes to our gardening habits. It also affects what type of plants will do...

         If you an aspiring inventor or just want to get a bit of an inside scoop of developing a product from an idea to a point where you can sell it, you might enjoy these 5 answers our founder Michael Donaldson is sharing with us today. 1.    What was your inspiration to create the “Ultimate Plant Cage”? I’ve been gardening with my mother since I was a young boy so I had her in mind when I came...

      Today I would like to do something a little bit different. I would like to share with you a story, and a very cool one at that… In a town located north of Los Angeles called Pasadena you will find the Dervaes family. They might seem like your normal family at first until you realize that on their small property located amongst the hustle and bustle of the city and right near the freeway that they are actually...