Ann Lee wanted to buy a farm. Instead, she built one in her garage.
Lee, a Northwest Portland bookkeeper and home cook, moved to Oregon with her family from the Bay Area a decade ago, infatuated with Oregon’s lush forests and rain. She wanted to start a farm, maybe opening a nearby restaurant where she could host her friends and family serving vegetables she grew herself. But after balking at the land prices around the state, she started looking into another option: Hydroponics.
The word hydroponics refers to systems that allow produce to grow without soil, instead using mineral-rich liquids to keep the plants alive. Hydroponics have
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