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January 27, 2018

Indoor Garden Update – Winter 2018 on Video

Indoor Garden Update – Winter 2018 on Video

Welcome to Northern Homestead Indoor Garden Update – Winter 2018 on video. The outdoor garden is covered in snow and temperatures are well into freezing. But in our food production garage things are growing well. Enjoy the tour!
If you have trouble to see the video, go here.

Growing hydroponically versus growing in sol

An indoor garden is not a natural environment for a garden. Nevertheless, we are very happy to be able to grow a garden year round even though it is not all that natural. Still, it is a way better option than buying fresh produce in the winter from a store. We find that indoors hydroponic performs better than soil. Growing in water is a clean and easy way to grow food. It actually is even cheaper, unless you have a way of building new quality soil for free which we don’t.

For hydroponics, we use the products from General Hydroponics.

We prefer dry concentrated nutrients. General Hydroponics MaxiGro for Gardening is all you need to grow all kinds of greens and herbs.

General Hydroponics Flora Grow, Bloom, Micro Combo Fertilizer set is a liquid nutrient solution for all stages of growth if you prefer a liquid fertilizer. General Hydroponics Ph Control Kit helps you to keep the PH at 5.5-6.5.

Taking care of moisture in the grow room

A new thing that we added this winter is a dehumidifier. Plants and temperature fluctuations produce lots of moisture. Adding a dehumidifier has made a difference. We use the water for watering plants, so it becomes a cycle.

Heating the growing room

Last year we showed you a reality video during a very cold period what the growing room looks like. You can see it here. This year we upgraded the electric circuit in the garage to 220V which allows the Electric Baseboard Heaters to run on full power. They are set on 13C and I have yet to find them being hot. I’m sure they are heating during the night, but during the day they are always cold. So for that, it is a great and easy solution. As you see in the video we still grow tomatoes, summer plants, and also cucumbers.

What edible plants are you growing indoors? Please share in the comment below. We would love to hear it.

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Grow an indoor edible garden

Start growing food for your table in depth of winter. Take a look at all the posts we already shared about growing food indoors.

Starting Seeds Indoors

Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors

Exploring Alternatives to Starting Seedlings Early

Exploring Alternatives to Starting Seedlings Early

Indoor vs Outdoor Hydroponics: Easy Tips for Success 

Indoor vs Outdoor Hydroponics: Easy Tips for Success 

Easy DIY NFT Hydroponic System (Nutrient Film Hydroponics)

Easy DIY NFT Hydroponic System Build

How to Grow Tomatoes Indoors

Complete Guide on How To Grow Tomatoes Indoors

Growing and Caring for Geraniums

Growing and Caring for Geraniums: A Simple Guide

8 Years of Year-Round Growing in Zone 3 Review

8 Years of Year-Round Growing in Zone 3 Review

Four Season Greenhouse:Growing Room Review

Four Season Greenhouse/Growing Room Review

Winter Solstice 2021 Indoor Garden Update

Winter Solstice 2021 Indoor Garden Update

Indoor Decorative Plants

Indoor Decorative Plants

Growing Cucumbers Indoors

Growing Cucumbers Indoors

Trouble-shooting in an Indoor Edible Window Garden

Troubleshooting in an Indoor Edible Garden

Start growing food the the Kratky hydroponics way today! It is a simple and fun container gardening method suited for off-the-grid and water saving growing.

Growing Food Using the Simple Kratky Hydroponic Method

Temperature and humidity for an indoor edible window garden is important. You want to adjust what you grow to how warm or cool your room is.

Temperature for an indoor edible garden

Additional light for an indoor edible window garden

Additional light for an indoor edible window garden

What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Window Garden. Over the years we have grown a whole lot of plants indoors at a window: Microgreens, herbs, Aloe Vera, strawberries, lettuce, winter greens like kale, root vegetables like carrots, winter vegetables like broccoli, summer vegetables like tomatoes and even water melons.

What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Garden

Growing an indoor edible garden in soil

Growing an indoor edible garden in soil

Planting a Hydroponic Garden

Planting a Hydroponic Garden

Preventing birds from flying into windows

Preventing birds from flying into windows

Fresh and dry basil in the winter

Growing and Preserving Basil

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Deanna says

    January 28, 2018 at

    Struggling through this winter season. It hasn’t been as cold as last year but I suspect our soil is in need of some love. Tomatoes grew well, along with the herbs, but that’s it.

    Reply
    • Anna says

      January 28, 2018 at

      I hear you, getting indoor soil right is not easy. One reason we like hydroponic so much for indoor growing. Hope you can fix it, and get better results. Look into Mittleider gardening, that might be a solution for you. It looks like normal gardening but the nutrients come from fertilizers. This way you could keep your beautiful beds, but still get much better results. If you google it, you will get lots of opposition from gardeners in warm climate, sure for the outdoors I too prefer organic, but we are in the north, and we grow indoors. Keep on growing!

      Reply
  2. Stephanie says

    January 28, 2018 at

    I was given a three tiered grow light, so in my basement I have cherry tomatoes (just flowered), beets, swiss chard, parsley, nasturtiums, a random assortment of flowers (packet of bee attracting plants; no flowers yet), and a pepper plant. I planted everything in November, and it seems to be slow growing. I think if it were warmer in my house my plants might be bigger. I have everything growing in potting soil mixed with worm castings from my friends vermiculture bin (I’d like my own, but my hubby isn’t keen on the idea. Yet), but I’d like to try hydroponic next. The air in our house has been so dry this year – any extra moisture from the plants is welcome right now.

    Reply
    • Anna says

      January 29, 2018 at

      Happy to hear that you grow an indoor garden. Plants in the winter do grow slower comparing to plants outdoors in the summer. Just keep on growing, you will be amazed how much you learn while doing it.

      Reply
  3. Sheri Cline says

    February 12, 2018 at

    I can’t wait for spring! Getting some bulb activity now. The hard neck garlic is up a foot already!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      February 15, 2018 at

      How exciting! We are no where near this, still lots of snow and frost out there. Enjoy your early spring.

      Reply
  4. terri says

    March 13, 2019 at

    Thank you, so much generous information given, in a lovely voice! We live in Port Coquitlam, 25 mins from Vancouver and have the blessing of a very long growing season! Yes, keep on growing, keep learning… I call my community garden plot an experiment!

    Reply
    • Anna says

      March 13, 2019 at

      Thank you for your kind words, Terri. It is encouraging to hear this.

      Reply

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