June 6, 2008
· Filed under Indoor gardening · Tagged home grown, Indoor gardening
Growing your own food has many, many benefits, from your health to your pocket, and it doesn’t mean having to own a huge plot of land to be able to do it! Indoor gardening is a lot easier than first envisaged, and can use a small space to get the basics.
Planting a small trough in a window area that receives different levels of light throughout the day can be the perfect place to grow many products, search on the internet or speak to green fingered friends for tips. All you need is a small trough, good compost and a half decent memory to remind yourself to water your produce!
Different seeds are available from many shops and garden centres that will get you started on your quest, ranging from cucumbers to basil. Plant products together that require the similar amount of care and therefore you receive the most from what you plant. Sow produce in plenty of time for when you wish to harvest, all seeds have a guide on the back of the pack. But most importantly, enjoy yourself and learn what will and won’t work in your own little food factory!
June 4, 2008
· Filed under Indoor gardening · Tagged grow tent, grow tents, Indoor gardening
An increasing number of people don’t live in houses and growing food is vastly more difficult if you live in an apartment as the garden can be difficult to reach from the tenth floor! The answer for those that like food they have grown themselves may be an indoor garden.
Why not recycle a large ice cream tub? This will not only benefit the environment but will also keep your costs down, especially when you compare it to buying organic products from your local supermarket.
Indoor gardening requires more personal attention as your produce won’t benefit from the natural influence of mother nature. It is more difficult to grow food indoors due to the availability of light being far more limited. This necessitates that you find a room that gets a minimum of six hours of sunlight each day.
Most vegetables, particularly tomatoes and lettuce, thrive on a plentiful supply of water. You do, however, have to be very careful as too much watering can cause them to go rotten.
June 3, 2008
· Filed under Growing tomatoes, Indoor gardening · Tagged Growing tomatoes, Indoor gardening
Tomatoes are easy to grow, both in a container and in your very own garden. You will find that you have smaller growth, quantity and yield when weeds have become a problem in your garden.
Find your area of the map and plant accordingly. Because they are hanging, they are prone to drying out, especially when the wind blows.
Bed need to be on the smaller side so that they are easily tended to for weeding and harvesting. This allows you to utilize all of your compost for planting. If you use fertilizer, it should only be used during the active growth periods.
Growing two or more vegetables in an area will also help save space. Scuffle hoes are considered to be very light and can be very effective for the smaller weeds. Try and save some money by sowing nasturtium, cosmos, sunflower, and California poppy seeds directly into the garden in spring.
Remember that some plants or bushes will take longer to develop, so you can fill in with other nectar bearing plants. Take the time to plan out what you need to do
June 1, 2008
· Filed under Indoor gardening · Tagged Garden crops
I think that indoor gardening is extremely difficult. I feel that it requires a lot of your time and effort for a very limited return.
I think that in order for it to be a success on any kind of reasonable scale that you need to purchase expensive equipment and containers such as hydroponic bays and specialty lighting. Which I think would lead to large heating bills if you are trying to achieve greenhouse temperatures in your attic. If you are not willing to heat the area used your foodstuff, especially tomatoes which require high temperatures will get frostbite then wither and die.
Also, I have heard horror stories of the heat & food attracting rodents into your house. I think that you could end up spending a lot of money on pest control. You would need to take great care that any pest control methods used would not have a harmful effect on the food you are trying to grow. Many sprays and poisons could not be used as there is a good chance that you could end up poisoning yourself and the rest of the family especially kids who have lower tolerance levels for chemicals
