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No garden? No problem. You can grow your own fresh, healthy fruit, vegetables and culinary herbs inside your apartment. Veteran gardener James Jacques explains everything you need to know, from choosing and sowing to growing and harvesting a wide range of edibles, from oregano to oranges to oyster mushrooms.
This easy-to-follow, practical guide outlines the basic equipment that will set you up to succeed, with an emphasis on low-budget options, including DIY and upcycling projects, before also introducing more advanced gear from lighting to hydroponic kits.
After touring potential growing areas around your apartment, from windowsills and window boxes to balconies and hanging displays, James also explores possibilities for growing elsewhere, from rooftop gardening to community and allotment gardening schemes.
Whether you just fancy having a few herbs on a windowsill, or want to transform your home into an abundant oasis of produce, James will help you get the best out of your plants and inspire you to get growing.
Topics Included
Basics of growing indoors
Creative and useful projects
Basics of growing indoors
- Easy growing media
- Water, nutrition, light and temperature needs
- Basic equipment and cost-cutting substitutes
- Growing from seed
- Potting on and growing in containers
Choosing plants
Creative and useful projects
Basics of growing indoors
- How to grow a range of vegetables, fruit and herbs
- Recommended varieties for an apartment
- Growing mushrooms indoors
- Unusual edibles, such as beef and onion plant, ginger, vanilla and saffron
Creative and useful projects
Creative and useful projects
Creative and useful projects
- Upcycled containers
- Regrow veg and herbs
- Make your own indoor wormery
- Grow a pineapple plant from a supermarket fruit
Where to grow
Taking things further
Creative and useful projects
- Making the best use of apartment space, from windowsills and window boxes to a balcony and even the bathroom!
- Options for growing beyond the apartment, including rooftop gardening, community and allotment gardening and garden sharing schemes
Taking things further
Taking things further
Taking things further
- Custom growing media mixes
- Home composting
- Lighting and heating equipment
- Hydroponics