An indoor garden is an unnatural environment. There is less light, no pollinators, and no natural air movement. We have addressed most of it in our previous posts. The closer you can come to a natural environment, the less challenging the growing experience will be. However, since we can't avoid ...
Growing Food Using the Simple Kratky Hydroponic Method
"Growing Food Using the Simple Kratky Hydroponic Method" is a topic of interest. Let's discuss this method of hydroponics that allows for growing plants without using electricity or pumps. Growing food is becoming a priority for more and more people. Homegrown food tastes better, is healthier, ...
Temperature for an indoor edible garden
Temperature for an indoor edible garden is just as important as for an outdoor garden. Neither will you grow successfully cool weather crops during the hot summer months nor heat-loving plants during the cool season. Indoor edible plants also need to be planted according to room temperature. The ...
Additional light for an indoor edible window garden
To grow edible plants successfully you need around 12 hours of daylight (except for sprouts and microgreens). It does not have to be all sunshine, but it has to be a bright light. A plant will not die if it does not get the light needed, but it will not grow much either. Additional light for an ...
What to Grow in an Indoor Edible Garden
What to grow in an indoor edible garden? That's a great question. The answer depends on two things: What are the growing conditions? What do you want to grow? If your indoor growing conditions are on the cooler side, and the light conditions present a cloudy day, grow leafy greens. With ...
Snowshoeing, a Fun Winter Activity
If you can't garden, why not try snowshoeing instead? While we're taking a break from our indoor garden, it's nice to have something else to do during the long, cold winter months. Snowshoeing is a fun outdoor activity that we enjoy. The history of snowshoeing is one of necessity. People had to ...
Growing an indoor edible garden in soil
In this post, we talk about growing an indoor edible garden in soil. In our outdoor garden, growing in good organic soil is our very first choice. In an indoor garden, however, it is not our first choice. Why is that? Success and failure in growing great plants depend mostly on the ...
Planting a Hydroponic Garden
All growth begins with planting, including hydroponic gardens which are not much different from conventional soil planting. Starting plants from seeds is a beloved aspect of gardening. With discovering hydroponics and indoor gardening a whole new gardening world opened up to us. Now planting a ...
Where does our Homegrown Food come from in the Winter
Where does our homegrown food come from in the winter? As you know we grow a garden year-round, so do we have a greenhouse big enough and suitable to grow what we eat during the winter months? These are good questions, let's take a closer look. The year-round garden Growing food year-round ...
How to Thrive in Social Isolation
Social isolation has been part of our lives for a long time and for different reasons. Now that it also has become a global thing to do, it's time to share some insights. Winter is ahead of us, and for many, it will be a lonely one. Here are some thoughts on how to thrive in social ...
