Choose A Method. 1  Ebb & Flow gardens flood and drain a tray of plants with a nutrient solution at regular intervals. 2  Drip gardens provide a nutrient solution to each plant through tubes & emitters (drip stakes) 3  Aeroponic gardens mist an oxygenated nutrient solution directly to the roots of its plants.
The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. 1  Sam Walton, with his brother Bud Walton, founded Wal-Mart, the chain of discount variety stores that in the 1990s became the world's largest retailer. Sam Walton went into the retail business in 1945, and by the time Wal-Mart first opened in 1962 he owned a chain of 15 variety stores in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in Rogers, Ark. 1967 The Walton family owned 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales. 1969 The company officially incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1970s: Walmart Goes National