I just wanted to show you the progress of my tall indoor vegetable garden (I have the small one filled with sprouting seeds for spring planting). Earlier this season, I discovered that radishes did the best for indoor production, both roots and the greens. Here's a photo of 3 shelves of radishes about 5 weeks old. I can see now that I could have planted them more thickly. This is a learning experience.
I harvested some of the radishes the other night for a delicious winter salad. I used the greens and the roots as the base of the salad, then added 2 sliced boiled eggs and a sprinkling of bacon bits. To top the salad, I quickly mixed up a dressing of orange juice concentrate, herb vinegar, olive oil, and salt.
In another week, when I need to start another flat of seeds indoors for the garden, I'll put the milk container pots outside on the deck to complete their growing, and I can continue harvesting radishes as they mature.
My primary goal with this light garden has been to begin more seedlings indoors to plant out in spring. However, we've really enjoyed growing some of our fresh greens indoors in the heart of winter.
