Indoor Kitchen Gardening Handbook

Plant more in additional containers every few weeks—this is equivalent to crop rotation, but on a tiny scale. Planting on a continual basis will ensure that you always have radishes in progress to replace the ones you harvest, so you don’t have to wait another month after picking to get more radishes.

This is the only recipe I’ll include in the book, because during the farm season, it’s what I make on a weekly basis, and I feel like it really brings out the flavor of the radishes.

Trays, Pots, and Other Containers Spinach has a shallow root system, so you can use smaller pots if that’s handy for you. They should be at least 6 inches (15 cm) deep,

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Like carrots, beets do better when the greens are upright, so “hill up” the greens by adding more soil around them and forming a larger base for them until they stand up.

SWEET PICKLED RADISHES 10 radishes (equaling about a pound [455 g]) 1/2 cup (120 ml) apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup (85 g) honey 1/4 cup (60g) raw sugar 1/4 cup (60 ml) filtered water 2 tablespoons (36 g) canning salt 2 tablespoons (22 g) mustard seed 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon turmeric 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced 1. Scrub radishes and cut

When growing several varieties of lettuce, I sometimes forget what works well and what doesn’t, or what tasted too bitter or too boring. A quick perusal of my gardening journal before ordering always helps me to distinguish the bountiful from the blah.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION GROWING EDIBLES INDOORS Thinking Ahead Find Your Space Getting Started Common Problems Attitude MICROGREENS, SHOOTS, HERBS, WHEATGRASS, SPROUTS, AND MUSHROOMS Microgreens Plant Shoots Herbs Wheatgrass & Pet Grass Sprouts Mushrooms RADISHES, CARROTS, TOMATOES, AND OTHER CROPS Lettuces Radishes Carrots Kale & Chard Spina

Beets do well in loose soil,