Learn & Grow – The Orbit Blog

Observing the natural world can expand your mind and is often a wellspring of creative inspiration. 

The cooler days of autumn may mean the end of tomato season, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to put away your gardening tools. Vegetable gardening can bring you just as much satisfaction in the fall as during the spring and summer, as long as you follow the guidelines for your area and climate.

If you’re interested in gardening, love to cook, or want to add more greenery to your home, a fresh herb garden is an ideal place to start. 

How to plan your underground irrigation system.  We discuss everything from picking out the right sprinkler heads, valves & manifolds and zones.

Spring is here, which means it’s time to get your garden ready for another bountiful growing season. 

If you’ve dealt with pests on your land before, we don’t have to tell you how irritating they can be. They can ruin your landscape or garden over the course of a few days, and depending on where you live, there may be quite a few of them.

“You taste things that just taste better than any pea you’ve ever had before, any radish you’ve ever had before. A carrot that is, like, the carrotness of a carrot. [There’s] a moment where you go, ‘Oh! This is what this is supposed to taste like.’”

Inside every B-hyve timer is a brilliant collection of algorithms that produce watering schedules designed to deliver the exact amount of water to the places that need it. More than ever, B-hyve isn’t just a product that makes your life more convenient. It’s a product that changes the way the world waters.

The idea is simple: if soil is healthy, the microbes it contains will dissolve a pair of underwear in about 60 days.