Well, I don't really know how to start this post. I did learn a lot from this experiment. Mostly that I need to make some preparations during the warmer months so that I can have the home grown food that I want.
Many of the veg that I like (zucchini, cucumber, even carrots) require heat to produce their edible produce. The plants grow indoors and even flower but that is it. At least for me anyway.
In this experiment I did get to eat some fun salad with lettuce I grew inside and some Zucchini blossoms. It was very yummy. Now I have planted some Pansies inside to see if I can add them to salad too.
I wanted to mention the few things that I found when trying to get the indoor garden to grow. The first being fertilizers. Picking the weeds from the garden and adding them to a screen covered and water filled container like a plastic garbage can will produce a fertilizer for the garden that is very good for it and very natural. Any left over fluid in this container at the end of the growing season can be put in cleaned milk jugs and stored inside for the winter for house gardens (veg or otherwise) only the liquid will have to be diluted so that it isn't smelly when applied.
Next, the salad ingredients grown inside should really be added to store bought salad ingredients to help them go farther. It takes a lot of space to grow enough salad for two adults and two children to eat it daily but even a handful of home grown indoor salad adds a bunch of flavour to store bought ingredients. And colour too.
I will do this indoor veg gardening again this fall. I'm going to try starting the ingredients outside and then bring them in and see what result that gives. Also, I am going to try the above mentioned fertilizer indoors. In all I think that this indoor garden attempt was fun and worth the effort. I think it will even help the outdoor growing efforts this year.
Best to all your efforts too.
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