http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-52186 Healthy Smoothies Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:43:02 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-52186 An indoor garden is a great way to ensure the most unrefined of fruits, vegetables and herbs. One can control the soil. Many herbs have even more antioxidants in a small serving as fruits and vegetables in a larger serving. I like to make smoothies and include dashes of herbs and vegetables in with the fruit. Indoor gardening also makes the air fresher.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-51579 Bill W. Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:50:23 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-51579 Good post.
It’s good to have a Gardening Calendar of a year. In the meantime we are seeking monthly list of gardening tips and “to dos” are appropriate for that time of year including what to plan, plant, prune, maintain, plus weed and pest control and fun projects.
Any help will be highly appreciated!
Bill Worley bill@nbhuntop.com

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-31232 Hydroponics Nutrients Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:24:24 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-31232 Gardening is a great way to cultivate whatever you feel like. I like too as i want my own small kitchen garden where i can cultivate wherever i feel like.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-30900 Carey Mon, 31 May 2010 02:03:26 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-30900 If I were to grown an indoor garden, I would start with some foods from the Environmental Working Groups list of “Dirty Dozen” foods that have the most pesticides. Some of these are strawberries, spinach, and bell peppers. I grow them now in my outdoor garden and use them regularly in my fresh juices and smoothies.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27273 Al Bannet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:35:20 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27273 Have you tried to turn your living room into a garden? How about your garage, or maybe the kitchen itself (?!) The word garden is commonly understood to involve land outside the house or apartment. As I said before, the rooftop can be planted, and a patio or porch, and a windowsill may accomodate a clay pot of flowers or herbs. That’s the limit. Anyone who deliberately spreads dirt on their floor is asking for trouble.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27218 Linda Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:25 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27218 I can’t DO much about any looming global disaster; I CAN grow my own herbs.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27217 Linda Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:53 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27217 While I won’t even pretend to be able to grow the amount needed to feed an entire family, I very much enjoy my small, self-contained, hydroponic garden. Thus far I have enjoyed reasonable success with plantings of both tomatoes and salad greens, but the best by far are the parsley and chives I’m growing right now; the basil and thyme didn’t thrive, but I have more parsley and chives than I can use. Next time out, I may opt for flowers instead. As in all gardening, it’s not always about the amount of food you produce, but rather the amount of joy your garden produces for you! And indoor gardening is a VERY viable option for those of us who have impairments that limit the amount of time and energy we can expend doing heavy-duty yard work. Outdoors, I’m limited to perennials and shrubs; things that don’t often need heavy cultivation or intensive care. Indoors, I can have some nice fresh veggies!

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27195 David Zimbo Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:43:56 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27195 I have the best tomato plants indoors. The secret is plucking all the leaves except for the few at the top.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27157 aaron Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:17:01 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27157 Even though I am not always the best indoor gardener I enjoy it and do an ok job of not killing my plants. Today though, I read about a new product that takes all the fun and challenge out of gardening by adding an electric plug and a computer program.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/02/gardening-within-the-walls-of-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27082 Greenat50 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:45:21 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=1322#comment-27082 I have onions, leeks, peppers, rosemary, sage and a basket of mesclun mix growing in my front window right now. I plan to plant some in my outside garden, the herbs in pots so that I can bring them in next fall and I’ll eat the lettuce in about 3 weeks! I pot in the attached garage so that I keep the mess to a minimum…I don’t have to grow all of my food to make gardening worthwhile.

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