Who doesn’t love fresh vegetables all year round? Don’t let winter be a reason to stop gardening, simply start growing most of your favorite vegetables in your own home, quick and easy! Growing your own vegetables indoors not only allows you to have delicious home-grown goodness whenever you want, but saves you money too. If you have a green thumb, why not let it shine all year? Learn the vegetables that love to thrive indoors- a lot of them surprisingly do! And all of them grow indoors easily, so even if you aren’t the greatest gardener, you can still have success with these easy-to-grow indoor veggies!
Root-bound vegetables, like carrots, are easy to grow inside. As are radishes and beets. Since these vegetables like a cooler climate, they grow well indoors without constant sun. With a little patience, these vegetables will grow well and thrive indoors without a lot of space, and you can enjoy beets (try their leaves- great iron!) and carrots and radishes from your own garden even when it’s freezing outside. Simply make sure that they are planted where their roots can go deep (a few inches or so, a flower pot works well for planting) so they don’t get their roots all tangled up.
Potatoes grow indoors, whether you want them to or not. All they need is moisture and darkness, and they will grow in your pantry if you’re not careful. May as well plant them and allow them to thrive- simply plant the eyes and enjoy little tots all winter long without having to buy them from the store. Make sure to watch them, though- a rotten potato will ruin the whole batch, so toss the rotting ones (you’ll know by the decaying smell) before they can infect the others.
If you have a windowsill, then you have a lovely herb garden, from mint to rosemary, to parsley, to thyme. You can literally grow any herb you want (and make your house smell great!) by planting any herb you want in your windowsill. Herbs are not only wonderful to grow indoors and smell wonderful, but they are super decorative in your kitchen as well. Think of sage, which smells great and makes a great tea, too! Or mint, so you can have fresh mint tea whenever you want!
note: sprouts are notorious indoor growers. Who wouldn’t love to have access to alfalfa or brocolli sprouts whenever they want? Mix these into your indoor herb garden and you can have the most amazing salads whenever you want. Herbs not your thing in your windowsill garden? Grow lettuce of all varieties instead. A little bit of space is all you need for this quick grower, and you can have a salad nice and fresh whenever you want.
Tomatoes, especially those little cherry tomatoes and other little tiny sweet wonders, love to grow inside and thrive maniacally indoors if you give them a chance. Just start with one plant and watch it just go crazy, producing tomatoes all season long, even if it’s snowing. Tomatoes are among the easiest plants to grow indoors with the least amount of effort.
I love to plant wheat, since my dog likes to eat it. Plus, it’s yummy in salad. Wheat sprouts quickly and grows in any pot with soil and water, and makes a pretty houseplant while you are waiting to cut it. Put it in your salad or let your dog or cat munch on this fresh, tasty green all winter long when the grass is covered in snow.
You can grow peppers as well, but the thinner skinned peppers (like banana peppers) thrive better indoors than thicker ones, like the more common bell pepper. Peppers may not be the most easiest to grow indoors, but they are certainly worth it once you get them going. And once you do get them going, they create a nice yield that you can enjoy without the heavy price at your local grocery store.
Sources:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/126695-vegetables-edible-plants-grow/
growing my own wheat and sprouts indoors
