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Hey Growers,
I’m Casey. We’re a family of four, and we feed ourselves with one Tower Garden Home in a corner of our kitchen. We harvest salads and herbs 3 to 5 nights a week, top up water maybe once a week, and swap in new seedlings every two weeks. My favorite part is it’s clean and keeps us out of the grocery store. I want to show you how to start your own today.
WHY WE STARTED
Groceries got pricey and our greens went slimy. When we started, we ran into the same issue many readers face. Lettuce in the fridge doesn’t last and it isn’t as healthy as what you can grow yourself. We live in Colorado, so a backyard garden isn’t an option year round. We needed a way to grow indoors, reliably.
We tried a few countertop units. They were fine for herbs, not enough for a family. Then we saw a Tower Garden ad and did our typical deep research. It’s an expensive purchase, but the math made sense. Tower Garden kept showing up as the one unit that could feed our family, so we ordered it and got started. Here’s what it actually costs us.
HOW MUCH IT COSTS
Upfront we paid just under $1,000 for the Tower Garden Home with lights after a first-time promo. We added a starter tray of seedlings for about $30, a nutrient set for about $20, a simple pH kit for $15, and a small floor mat for $12. All in, our first month was about $1,075.
Month to month it’s predictable. Seeds or a few new seedlings run about $10–$20. Nutrients are about $6–$12. Power is about $3–$6. Water is pennies. We sit between $25 and $45 most months, lower if we start more seeds ourselves.
HOW MUCH WE SAVE
Before the Tower Garden we bought 2 to 4 clamshells of greens each week plus a few herb bunches. In Colorado that ran us about 10 to 20 dollars a week. With the unit we replace most of that. We still buy the odd tomato or cucumber. Our bill drops by about 40 to 100 dollars per month and we toss less food. Payback depends on your kit price and what you used to buy, but at our pace it pays for itself in about 12 to 18 months.
WHERE YOU CAN BUY A KIT
We recommend Tower Garden. Start with Home if space is tight. Pick Flex if you want more planting sites or a patio setup. If you use our link we earn a small commission at no extra cost, which helps us keep this community free and keep publishing real results.
The vertical aeroponic design grows food faster and in less space while using a fraction of the water. Tower Garden reports up to 3× quicker harvests, roughly 30% more yield, about 98% less water use, and around 90% less space than soil setups. It also fits real homes, with the Home unit at about 3 sq ft and the Flex at about 5 sq ft, so most kitchens and patios are a match. Independent aeroponics research backs the water savings, noting ~98% reductions versus conventional methods, which is why beginners start here.
