Nourish your family and guests with amazing, fresh, organic produce that you've grown in your own house, condo, apartment, basement, or sunny downtown office. *As featured in The New York Times * It takes just a few dollars and a few days for you to start enjoying fresh, healthy produce grown indoors in your own home. Imagine serving a home-cooked meal highlighted with beet, arugula, and broccoli microgreens grown right in your kitchen, accompanied by sautéed winecap mushrooms grown in a box of sawdust in your basement. Explore the expansive new world of growing and eating that can be discovered with the help of Indoor Kitchen Gardening . Within, author and Bossy Acres CSA co-owner Elizabeth Millard teaches you how to grow microgreens , sprouts , herbs , mushrooms , tomatoes , peppers , and more --all inside your own home, where you won't have to worry about seasonal changes or weather conditions. You will find: An introduction to growing edibles indoors , from defining your goals and choosing a space, containers, soil, and grow lights to troubleshooting common problems like mold, pests, and disease. Guidance for growing crops perfectly suited to an indoor environment and that often have quick seed-to-harvest timeframes, such as microgreens, shoots, herbs, wheatgrass, sprouts, and mushrooms. Guidance for growing crops with shallow root systems that grow well indoors --such as radishes, carrots, lettuces, and tomatoes--that you will enjoy nurturing as they take time to develop into a rewarding bounty.

Plenty of cheerleading to encourage your sense of adventure . Filled with mouthwatering photography and more than 200 pages of do-it-yourself in-home gardening information and projects, Indoor Kitchen Gardening is your gateway to this exciting new growing method--not just for garnishes or relishes, but wholesome, nutritious, organic edibles that will satisfy your appetite as much as your palate.