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Indoor Gardening
You might choose to grow plants indoors for a number of excellent reasons - maybe you want to keep some greenery going during the cold winter months, or you want super fast access to fresh herbs in your kitchen, or you have no appropriate outdoor growing space. Having an indoor garden at work can help make the work environment and community better!
Whatever the reason, continue to explore to learn more about growing indoors!
New Jersey-based C&S Workplace gardeners try their hand at indoor gardening for the 2018 season.
Setting up a Basic Indoor Grow Room
Author: Alberta Urban Garden
The video walks you to identify that much like the garden outside growing indoors does not have to be complex or expensive. In order to enjoy gardening inside you will need three things: soil, light, and seeds.
Growing Food Indoors - The Ultimate Guide
Author: The Ripe Tomato Farm
This video talks about everything you need to know about indoor gardening as it pertains to growing food.
Top 6 Struggles of Growing Herbs Indoors (w/solutions)
Author: Garden Answer
The video explains six common struggles you might experience when growing herbs indoors and suggestions for how to tackle these issues.
Printable Resources and Websites:
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Gardening Know-How - Vegetable Gardening Indoors
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Check out this site for basics on getting started, as well as a short list of plants best suited for indoor cultivation!
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The Spruce - A Beginner's Guide to Hydroponics
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If you're interested and have the budget, a hydroponics growing system might be fun to explore. Check out this website for a good beginning look at how these systems work.
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Books:
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Indoor Kitchen Gardening: Turn Your Home into a Year-Round Vegetable Garden! by Elizabeth Millard
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Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening by Peter Burke
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Don't Throw It, Grow It! 68 Windowsill Plants from Kitchen Scraps by Deborah Peterson
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Hydroponic Basics by George F Van Patten
Supplies and Ideas:
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If you live in or near Massachusetts, two great garden stores for indoor gardening supplies are Western Mass Organic Garden Supply and Emerald City Indoor Garden Supply Center.
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If you're shopping online, Indoor Garden Supply has quite a selection.
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Remember that, especially for containers and stands, quite a lot can be re-purposed. Feel free to get creative! You can work wonders with washed-out yogurt containers, for example.