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TURNER — Students at Tripp Middle School learned this year that plants don’t need soil to grow. Just water, nutrients and sunlight. “I was kind of surprised because I always overwater my plants,” ...

Most people have a garden story that ends the same way: the slugs won, or the heat hit early, or the soil just never seemed right. Hydroponics removes all of those excuses from the equation entirely.

If this past dry season has been any indication of what’s to come in our future, climate-wise, we better get ready for alternatives for growing our food. Hydroponic gardening is often a good choice, ...