There are several reasons that I grow my own vegetables in my container garden.  (Which I will discuss in a later post.)   The main reason that I grow my own food, of course, is to eat it. Mmm!
Today, dinner was a delicious portobello and basil sandwich.  Okay, so the portobellos weren’t grown in my container garden.  They were on sale at my local grocery store, and I thought they’d make a perfect accompanyment to the oodles of fresh basil that I have growing in a planter box in …

Holy basil is a member of the basil family. The leaves look like most other basils. The plant grows in “white” and “red” varieties, but the color name refers to the stems of the plants; the leaves are green on both varieties. The full grown height is about 18 inches tall, but the size of the container you grow them in can control how large they get.
I grow my holy basil in a small 6 inch pot in my living room. They require full to partial sun, and the windows …

Since I was on the subject of lemon trees the other day, I was reminded of something my grandmother used to do.   She had a very small yard in a very bad neighborhood, so she hated to be outdoors unless it was necessary.   She loved gardening, though, so she made the best of her circumstances.   Among the plants that she grew indoors was a beautiful lemon tree.
An indoor lemon tree?
Yessirree!       Growing indoor lemon trees is pretty simple, really.  You need pretty much the same things you need to …

So I woke up this morning and found that my indoor herb garden had been attacked by whiteflies. Ergh!
Chances are, they have been there for several days but I just noticed them. In fact, I know that’s the case.
Whiteflies are nasty little critters that attack plants, but they usually go undetected until they numbers are plentiful. This is because white flies feed off the bottom sides of plants’ leaves.
I have already begun taking care of the problem.  If you have a whitefly problem, here’s how to get them off of …

The other day, I wrote about how to grow vegetable plants in an apartment. I addressed what window to put your plants in, and what sort of sunlight they need. But what if you live in a place where there is very little sunlight, or want to start a vegetable garden in your basement? You can grow vegetable plants indoors using UV lights.
What Kinds of Lights Are Needed to Grow Vegetable Plants Indoors?
Technically speaking, you could use any light source to grow vegetable plants indoors. You could tilt a lamp …