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The GroBot is an amazing self-watering planter!  But what happens when life gets so busy and  the Grobot runs dry? Incredibly, in many cases, the plants can be saved!  This is due to the unique wicking system.  The plant can immediately drink up that which it needs and get back to steady water availability.  This lessens the dry shock and eliminates the overwatering pitch.  However, there is a small trick to expedite this and ensure the plant gets back to that steady water availability as soon as possible.  If the GroBot base runs out of water and the wick has...

Plastic Free July is just over halfway done. So I thought it would be a good time to do a bit of an assessment on how I'm doing in my efforts to change me and my family's plastic ways. The big attention getter in this effort is always to avoid using plastic bags. This is something that, as a family, we have been trying to practice for some time now so it's pretty much habit. Every trip to the grocery store we have our arms loaded with reusable bags for the shop, but also brown paper bags for the fruits/veg/bulk...

At its core, Eagles Rest is about repurposing and sustainability. However, what we do within this ethos is cutting edge and growing in momentum the world over; it's being called circular economy. In it's simplest explanation, in a circular economy there is a realisation that there will never be zero waste and we can't recycle our way out of waste. So it looks at ways to minimise waste and seeks to reuse waste in a way that can lessen the use of raw materials. This is exactly what we do here at Eagles Rest! We make a conscientious choice in...

Everybody loves the GroBot™! It's fully sustainable; re-purposing a glass bottle into an incredible, self-watering, indoor planter. Plus the wick used is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles! Plants in a GroBot last at least four times their usual life expectancy in a planter. The unique wicking system allows plants to manage the water intake thats needed. The GroBot gives each of us a tint of green in our thumb. With the incredible success of the GroBot, it came as no surprise for someone to want more. A customer came to us with a huge glass bottle and asked if...