Indoor Edible Garden: Creative Ways to Grow Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables in Your Home

by Zia Allaway

Overview

Make the most of your space, from balconies and windowsills to countertops, walls, and even ceilings, to grow herbs, vegetables, and flowers in your home that look amazing and taste even better.

Featuring 28 innovative step-by-step projects, Indoor Edible Garden is a highly visual guide full of practical tips and stylish ideas for how to create edible indoor gardens using whatever space you have available. Use your space and light in clever ways, brightening your home with unique living decorations. Inspiring from the start, this book shows off its lush garden projects through beautiful design and full-color photographs.

Reference more than 30 profiles of the top herbs, edible flowers, fruiting plants, and vegetables. Follow DIY project templates to grow your gardens into beautiful home decor. The step-by-step instructions include how to create a hanging chili and basil ball, how to grown your own tea leaves, how to sprout microgreens in cupcake liners, and more. Plus, this guide also includes straightforward explanations of scientific methods such as artificial lighting and hydroponics and key techniques for planting, drainage, and harvesting.

Indoor Edible Garden helps create stunning and edible home decor so your living space will be fruitful—and beautiful—all year round.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781465456878
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Author, book editor, and journalist, Zia Allaway is a qualified horticulturist and has written a range of gardening books for the RHS and DK, including The Complete Gardener's Manual, The Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, How to Grow Practically Everything, and Growing Vegetables: 101 Essential Tips. She has also edited The Encyclopedia of Garden Design and the RHS Simple Steps series. Zia writes a monthly column on garden design for Homes & Gardens Magazine, and is a contributor to the Garden Design Journal. She runs a consultancy service from her home in Hertfordshire and offers practical workshops for beginners. She has a small wildlife garden which she opens to the public through the UK charity, The National Gardens Scheme.

Table of Contents

Introduction 12

1 Planning an indoor edible garden 14

Where to grow your edibles 16

Bright sunlit zones 18

Partially sunlit zones 20

Cool zones 22

Best indoor edibles 24

Choosing a container 28

Types of containers 30

2 Herbs & edible flowers 32

Introducing herbs & edible flowers 34

Herbs & edible flowers in pots for a windowsill 36

Thyme 40

Scented geranium & herb windowbox 42

Basil 46

Grow your own herbal teas 48

Edible orchids mounted onto bark 52

Edible flowers S6

Edible flower ladder 58

Grow lemongrass from store-bought sterns 60

Cocktail herbs & fruits 62

Mint 66

Make hanging jars for herbs 68

Oregano & parsley 72

Sage & rosemary 74

3 Sprouts, leaves, & roots 76

Introducing sprouts, leaves, & roots 78

Sprouts 82

Grow microgreens in muffin cups 84

Microgreens 88

Transform your shelves into a mini greenhouse 90

Lettuce 96

Tabletop spicy greens 98

Tangy garlic shoots 102

Chives & scallions 104

Pots of tasty roots 106

Radishes 110

Pots of crunchy carrots 112

Carrots 116

Oyster mushrooms in 14 days 118

Mushrooms 120

4 Fruiting vegetables 122

Introducing fruiting vegetables 124

Chile & herb ball 126

Chile peppers 130

Mediterranean mix 132

Eggplants 136

Tiny tomatoes in a colander 138

Tomatoes 142

Tomato towers 144

Tamarillo tree tomatoes 145

Cucumbers on wheels 148

Cucumbers 154

Cucamelons in hanging crates 156

Raise sweet peppers in colorful pots 160

Sweet peppers 162

5 Fruit 164

Introducing fruit 166

Alpine strawberry shelves 168

Strawberries 172

Fruit & flower windowbox 174

Grow your own kaffir lime leaves 176

Lemons Slimes 178

Oranges in pots for a sunny room 180

Oranges 184

Fruity fig tree 186

Peaches & nectarines 190

Pineapple guava 192

Cape gooseberries 194

6 Experts' tips 196

Planning your indoor edible gardening year 198

Choosing a potting mix 200

Watering & feeding indoor edibles 202

Sowing from seed 204

Pruning & training fruit crops 206

Common pests & diseases 208

Preserving your harvests 210

Useful resources 212

Index 213

Acknowledgments 221

Editorial Reviews

"I consider this a truly invaluable book to anyone considering having an indoor garden…I am delighted to give Indoor Edible Garden…an A rating!" — BudgetEarth.com

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