🌿 Why We Built HomeHarvest: Growing Connection in a Disconnected World
It started with hunger.
HomeHarvest began out of my own need, not as a product idea, but as survival.
There was a time when I couldn’t afford the kind of fresh food I wanted to eat, and grocery store produce felt lifeless, disconnected, and out of reach. I started growing small things just to get by — lettuce, herbs, anything that would sprout under a cheap light.
But the more I grew, the more I realized something deeper was happening.
This wasn’t just about food. It was about control, creativity, and hope. Watching something grow from almost nothing — from seed to salad — changed how I saw my space, my time, and my sense of agency.
That’s where HomeHarvest was born: from the hunger to make something real, self-sustaining, and beautiful.
🌱 The Purpose: Turning Necessity into Design
HomeHarvest is more than an indoor garden — it’s a design experiment in self-reliance.
I wanted to take what I’d learned from making do with almost nothing, and turn it into a system that made growing easy, aesthetic, and meaningful.
We live in an age of convenience, but not connection. Food arrives already packaged, already processed, already distant. I wanted to bring the process back home — to make growing part of the daily rhythm again.
So I started designing. Every part of HomeHarvest — from the water flow to the materials — was guided by one idea:
Make it so intuitive and beautiful that anyone can grow their own food, anywhere.
⚙️ The System: A Living Object
HomeHarvest isn’t just a kit; it’s a living object.
The structure was designed like a sculpture — simple, minimal, and smart. Inside, LECA clay replaces soil, circulating water and nutrients naturally, with no mess and no guesswork.
It’s functional enough for survival, but refined enough to live proudly on a countertop or studio shelf.
That mix — raw necessity meeting artful design — became the identity of the project. It’s for the builders, the makers, the ones who want their homes to work and mean something.
🔬 The SeedLab: The Starting Point
To me, the SeedLab is the heart of it all. It’s where life begins — not just for plants, but for ideas.
It’s the little incubator that bridges science and art: moisture, light, airflow, all balanced for new growth.
I made it to feel like a small laboratory of hope — where something dormant wakes up.
Because that’s what I was doing, too: rebuilding from the ground up.
đź’ Why It Matters
I didn’t want HomeHarvest to be another consumer gadget.
I wanted it to be a symbol of empowerment — a reminder that you can create your own supply chain, your own ecosystem, your own form of resilience.
When you grow your own food, you’re not just saving money.
You’re reclaiming a kind of independence that modern life has quietly taken away.
You’re designing your own sustainability — one sprout, one system, one idea at a time.
🌎 What’s Next: Building a Bigger World
On January 9th, 2026, HomeHarvest officially launches — along with the first creative collaboration from Big World Labs: the PeskyPests.
They’re tiny collectible characters that bring humor and world-building into the growing experience — a reminder that every ecosystem, no matter how advanced, has a little chaos built in.
Each HomeHarvest drop will merge design, growth, and storytelling — turning everyday life into a living art piece.
Because growth isn’t just what happens in the pot — it’s what happens in us.
This project began with hunger.
Now it’s about nourishment — of body, mind, and imagination.
Welcome to HomeHarvest. 🌱
— Delaney / Big World Tech