Eating Local
Indoor Winter Gardening
When the winter blahs set in and your dreaming of fresh greens from your
summer garden, consider growing indoors. Not only do plants cleanse your
household air and improve the aesthetics of any indoor space, they can provide
you with a wealth of yummy, organic foods. City dwellers may find growing
indoors especially useful. Plants don’t need to take up much space — a windowsill is fine if that’s all you have. For others, the indoor garden may become
starter plants for an outdoor garden come spring.
HERBS
CHIVES
OREGANO
ROSEMARY
PARSLEY
SAGE
BASIL
THYME
MINT
Place in a small pot in the sunniest part of your
kitchen—the herbs will need approximately four
hours of sun each day. Trim as needed, or preserve
in olive oil for use at a later date.
ONIONS
SCALLIONS
GARLIC SCAPES
tip:
Temperatures of 65-75°F are
best for most plants. Plants that
are too hot will be small and
weak. Plants grown at too-cold
temperatures may have
yellow leaves that
fall off.
Place the root ends in a small jar with a few inches
of water, put them in a sunny spot, and watch them
grow! Change the water once each week.
SPROUTS
ADZUKI
ALFALFA
BEET
BROCCOLI
CHICKPEA
FENUGREEK
LENTIL
MUNG
ONION
RED CABBAGE
SNOW PEAS
WHEATGRASS
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Pour seeds into your jar, fill it with water, and leave
the seeds to soak for 8–10 hours. After soaking,
drain water and rinse the seeds in fresh cold water
and drain again and place it in a light area out of direct sun. Rinse and drain the seeds with cold water
twice a day to keep them clean and moist.
GREENS
CARROT TOPS
ROMAINE LETTUCE
CELERY
Chop off carrot tops and place in a dish filled with a
1/2” of water; set on a sunny windowsill and watch
the greens grow. To regrow celery and lettuce, place
the base in a shallow dish of water in the sun, wait
3-5 days, and you’ll see regrowth! For best results,
transplant in soil after the first sprouts appear.
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