Plant an Indoor Vegetable Garden: Eat Healthy Year-round

Grow an indoor vegetable garden? Indeed!

From salad fixings and root veggies to herbs and more, it is possible to sustain a healthy vegetable garden in your kitchen, sunroom, or another sunny corner inside your home.

Hate giving up your delicious home-grown vegetables once winter arrives? Well, there is a way to grow an array of vegetables inside you're home.

Vegetables you can grow indoors*:

Beans, green
Carrots, small fingerling
Eggplant
Endives
Herbs
Lettuces
Radishes
Red peppers
Tomatoes (look at this pretty indoor tomato plant)
Other dwarf varieties of larger vegetables

*Ask your local nursery if your veggie choice will grow better indoors from seed or seedling.

What you'll need:

Sunlight, maybe a sunny window sill or corner (plants that produce a vegetable, not just a leaf, need 5-6 hours of sunlight per day; 9-10 hours is ideal) OR grow lights if you have no direct sunlight.
Light-colored, reflective surroundings and surfaces (white, foil, etc.).
Containers with water trays. Choose containers with plenty of room for the root system to grow up and out. Ceramic tends to last longer in direct sunlight than plastic.
To assist with drainage and airflow, add some rocks to the bottom of your container before you add the soil.
Good, lightweight potting soil mix that's suitable for containers. Buy new potting soil to avoid bringing in any outdoor garden pests.
Trellis for your container if you're growing vine climbers, like tomatoes, beans, or peas.
Worm compost is a good addition.