GET GROWING HYDROPONICS
Geoff Hackett has been featured in Kitchen Garden magazine before – he won a special commendation after entering our Passionate Plotter competition in 2018. His veg plot in his garden in Tyne and Wear (Hebburn) is only 4m by 5m yet he packs so much into this small space. In time Geoffwanted more growing area and so his only alternative was to use the vertical fences around his plot and a home-made hydroponics system.
We asked Geoffa few questions about his set-up.
Is your set-up based on hydroponic principles?
The vertical system is