When you grow herbs indoors they grow fast at first and
then slow down
When gardening indoors, you must assume the
responsibilities of Mother Nature, including watering, feeding and warmth.
If you are living in the middle of the Amazon jungle,
the last thing I would recommend for you to do is try your hand at indoor
gardening. After all, why try to compete with mother nature and come out
looking like an amateur? But if, like most of the population of the
western world you don't actually live at the foot of a rain forest then I
would really recommend looking into indoor gardening. As a jungle
substitute of course.
Why would you go for an indoor garden - as opposed to
an outdoor one of course? The reasons are pretty simple really. You don't
need to get too mucky grubbing around on your hands and feet in the dirt.
You'll almost never need to brave the harsher weather elements that nature
will throw at you for trying to compete with her. It will make your house
look nice, and you feel good. And ultimately in the grand scheme of
things, it's good for you.
Tip! To get the
earliest passible start in spring, start the seeds of flowers
and vegetables indoors, when it's still too cold to sow them outdoors
It's difficult to imagine how indoor gardening could be
good for you, but really it has nothing to do with the gardening itself,
more with the plants instead. If you hark back to the good old days of
high school and peer pressure, you might just remember vaguely hearing
something in science class about plants and photo-something-or-other.
Tip! Young plants
started indoors on in a greenhouse should be “hardened off' before they
are planted out
To refresh your memory, it's a procedure called
photosynthesis, where plants remove carbon dioxide from the air, and
release oxygen into it instead, thereby removing pollutants from our
environment. If you are living in a jungle there's not too much of a
problem with that, but living as we are in our singular little houses,
indoor plants are the next best thing. Thus the indoor gardening.
When planning your lovely miniature rainforest -
substitute ‘indoor garden' - you have a variety of stunning plant options
to choose from. Ones that the outdoor Gardner might not be privy to. I
won't go into a list of possible indoor plants right now as the list is
longer than my arm, but if you are interested I would suggest you take a
look around in your local plant nursery.
Tip! ) Besides having
a love for gardening you should also have the will and determination to
pursue your hobby.
You will get a good idea of what types of plants there
are for you to choose from, and what types are a no, no. They just won't
grow indoors! You'll also find with indoor gardening that some plants can
be temperamental and will flat out refuse to grow anywhere within a
walled-in and roofed area! A simple and easy place to start with would be
try your hand at herb gardening. Simple to grow, useful in the kitchen,
and best of all not the prima donna type.
Tip! ) You must be
physically fit and agile. Laziness and gardening are anonymous to each
other.
Gardening, of any kind, just doesn't get any better
than indoor gardening, especially if you are not an outdoorsy type of
person and don't want a close encounter with the wormy kind. Or any other
type of crawly insect that resides in your outdoor garden, not your indoor
garden. The benefits of indoor gardening just keep growing!
Water Garden Indoors
Sounds strange, but you can also include a water garden indoors. Grow
water plants in containers - just keep them filled and enjoy lotuses and
lilies and many other water plants