Herbs are one of the easiest things to grow in an indoor garden. Herbs are not very demanding as plants go, they can get by with just and average amount of water and light. And when you are cooking, you don’t generally need a large amount of any given herb, so a single plant can provide more than enough of a harvest of herbs to satisfy the needs of most home kitchens.

Grow lights are a great tool to help kick off your garden in the spring, or to keep your garden going year round. There are quite a few choices in grow lights, ranging from the high tech LED grow lights and the High Intensity lights to the traditional incandescent grow lights. Let’s take a look at the most popular option for the home gardener - fluorescent grow lights.

With the development of ever improving LED (light emitting diodes) lighting over the last several years, it is finally becoming economical to use LED’s as grow lights for your indoor gardening and seed starting needs. But is that the only reason to use LED grow lights instead of the traditional fluorescent grow lights?

The AreoGrow Aerogarden is a great choice for growing your herbs and small vegetables and salad fixings indoors. But at some point you will want to “branch out” in what you grow, and you will want to find seed pods or seed kits for the Aerogarden.

You can grow a huge variety of vegetables in the Aerogrow Aerogarden. The following video gives a sample of some of the available seed types you can grow in the AeroGarden.

Here are a couple more of the infomercial videos on the Aerogrow Aerogarden Hydroponics unit. (I think this unit is fascinating myself, great idea for a Father’s Day present).

The first shows a quick overview of the herbs you can grow with the Areogrow system. 7 herbs in one kit, enough to keep the cook in your life happy for a while.

We review the Areogrow AreoGardensystem and list some places to buy the Areogrow Areogarden and supplies for them.

These units are pretty amazing, as you can grow an incredible variety of herbs and vegetables in your home year round. You don’t see something truly original in the world of gardening that often, but this is truly a unique idea that any gardener or cook could enjoy for years.

Here’s a 6 minute video on how to make your own homemade hydroponics system. Using a home fish aquarium and some other inexpensive supplies the video will walk you through building a simple home made hydroponics system.

We have previously published the AeroGrow Aerogarden Review for their Indoor Hydroponic kit. So the question arises as to the best place to buy one of these.

Turns out that Areogrow has a presence on Amazon that can be found at the Aerogrow Store

Aerogrow Aerogarden Supplies and Seed Kits: If you want to buy Aerogrow Supplies like the AeroGarden Cherry Tomato Seed Kit and Aerogrow Replacement Grow Bulbs there as well.

Enjoy the salads you can grow with your new indoor hydroponic system.

In spite of your best efforts, there will be times when your container vegetable garden will have problems. Here is a list of some of the typical indoor container garden problems, the probable cause, and some suggested solutions to try.

This hydroponic indoor container gardening kit seems to have hit a real nerve, as it has become a quite popular choice for indoor container gardening. Many of them were sold at Christmas time in 2006, and I think the AeroGarden was even featured on QVC. As of this review there are over 35 customer reviews at Amazon, so you can get a pretty good cross section of customer reactions.

Most of the reviews are favorable, and several people have bought more than one.

Most vegetables that will grow in your outdoor garden will also do well in your container garden. Of course the size and space are unique to your indoor garden, but given the space and light you can grow most vegetables. But there are obviously going to be some varieties and vegetables that are better suited to most folks space constraints.

The requirements for plants for indoor container vegetable gardens are somewhat different from the typical outside garden.  Here are a few tips to guide your choices.

Plant Labels

In a container vegetable garden, look for plant or seed labels which say patio, dwarf, or space saver; these all refer to plants which have been bread to grow to maturity and stay small with root systems that accomodate being grown in a pot easily. 

Most vegetables can be grown in a container as long as they are given proper spacing, drainage, nutrition, and attention; many vegetables are hearty and easy to grow, choosing plants which are wells suited to ones climate is important, the same plants do not grow well everywhere.  You can start your search at the local nursery or home improvement store, and eventually you may decide to look online at some of the more specialized nurseries.

Living in an apartment can put a damper on the fledgling urban gardener, but a vegetable garden for apartment dwellers is not out of the question. You can put a vegetable garden on a balcony, tucked in along a fence, or even in a few containers in your apartment window. It’s not the usual approach so it takes some research, you can enjoy fresh herbs and vegetables even in your own apartment or condo. The key is to understand this unique environment, and select plants and herbs that require less space (and maybe sunlight) to grow. Doing this can provide you own little oasis of natural living in an otherwise urban setting.

There are many advantages to indoor container vegetable gardening.

1. It can be a year round hobby, since climate will not be as much of an issue for this style of gardening.
2. You can enjoy the harvest of a garden whether you live on a farm or in a city apartment.
3. When cultivating an indoor container vegetable garden, weeds and garden pests aren’t usually as much of a problem.