![]() In fact, Burke has grown up to six pounds of greens per day using just the windowsills in his kitchen! Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening offers detailed step-by-step instructions to mastering this method (hint: it’s impossible not to succeed, it’s so easy!), tools and accessories to have on hand, seeds and greens varieties, soil and compost, trays and planters, shelving, harvest and storage, recipes, scaling up to serve local markets, and much more. Forget about grow lights and heat lamps! This book is a revolutionary and inviting guide for both first-time and experienced gardeners in rural or urban environments. ![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, of all the ways to grow immature greens, this is the easiest and most productive technique. Follow the prompts at the top of the screen to add a library card. Tap Map (in the top-right corner) to look for libraries near you. Growing “Soil Sprouts” - Burke’s own descriptive term for sprouted seeds grown in soil as opposed to in jars - employs a method that encourages a long stem without expansive roots, and provides delicious salad greens in just seven to ten days, way earlier than any other method, with much less work. Find your library: Use the search box to find your library by name, city, or zip code. The result: healthy, homegrown salad greens at a fraction of the cost of buying them at the market. He didn’t even need a south-facing window, and he already had most of the needed supplies just sitting in his pantry. After some research and diligent experimenting, Burke discovered he was right - there was a way! And it was even easier than he ever could have hoped, and the greens more nutrient packed. There had to be a simpler way to grow greens for his family indoors. Most techniques for growing what are commonly referred to as “microgreens” left him feeling overwhelmed and uninterested. Longtime gardener Peter Burke was tired of the growing season ending with the first frost, but due to his busy work schedule and family life, didn’t have the time or interest in high-input grow lights or greenhouses. ![]() Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening offers good news: with nothing more than a cupboard and a windowsill, you can grow all the fresh salad greens you need for the winter months (or throughout the entire year) with no lights, no pumps, and no greenhouse. The Low-Tech, No-Grow-Lights Approach to Abundant Harvest ![]()
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