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Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting

Books on container gardening have been wildly popular with urban and suburban readers, but until now, there has been no comprehensive “how-to” guide for growing fresh food in the absence of open land. Fresh Food from Small Spaces fills the gap as a practical, comprehensive, and downright fun guide to growing food in small spaces. It provides readers with the knowledge and skills necessary to produce their own fresh vegetables, mushrooms, sprouts, and fermented foods as well as to raise bees and chickens—all without reliance on energy-intensive systems like indoor lighting and hydroponics. Readers will learn how to transform their balconies and windowsills into productive vegetable gardens, their countertops and storage lockers into commercial-quality sprout and mushroom farms, and their outside nooks and crannies into whatever they can imagine, including sustainable nurseries for honeybees and chickens. Free space for the city gardener might be no more than a cramped patio, balcony, rooftop, windowsill, hanging rafter, dark cabinet, garage, or storage area, but no space is too small or too dark to raise food. With this book as a guide, people living in apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family homes will be able to grow up to 20 percent of their own fresh food using a combination of traditional gardening methods and space-saving techniques such as reflected lighting and container “terracing.” Those with access to yards can produce even more. Author R. J. Ruppenthal worked on an organic vegetable farm in his youth, but his expertise in urban and indoor gardening has been hard-won through years of trial-and-error experience. In the small city homes where he has lived, often with no more than a balcony, windowsill, and countertop for gardening, Ruppenthal and his family have been able to eat at least some homegrown food 365 days per year. In an era of declining resources and environmental disruption, Ruppenthal shows that even urban dwellers can contribute to a rebirth of local, fresh foods.

The Sprout House Chia Organic Sprouting Seeds 1 Pound

Chia Certified Organic Non-GMO Sprouting Seeds These seeds are one of the gelatinous seeds like flax, arugula and cress. That means that they form a gel-like sac around the seed when in the presence of water. They are best sprouted in a Terra Cotta Sprouter or you can use a plastic tray sprouter with one of our Sure To Grow Mats. Yes, you can also use your Chia Pet. My husband has an Elmer Fudd Chia Pet that has been bald for many years, and he is excited to get started with growing Elmer’s hair again. Chia seeds absorb about 10 times their weight in water, that is what makes them such a great bulk laxative. Because the seed shell is more easily digestible then the flax seed, our bodies are able to break down the seed itself, without being ground up first. This mild tasting seed will keep you coming back for more. It is a powerhouse of nutrients as well as taste.

The Sprout House Organic Sprouting Seeds – Power Cleanser 1 Pound – Sunflower and Buckwheat

You are purchasing 1 lbs of Organic Sprouting Seeds Power Cleanser a mix of Buckwheat and Sunflower. These seeds need about 10 days before they are ready to eat. They produce buckwheat and sunflower greens. Great for juicing. We ship all seeds by the pound – with a few exceptions notably broccoli, red cabbage, onion and garlic. These are shipped in 1/2 pound packages. We will package your seeds as economically as possible. Such as if you order 8 pounds of seed, you will get one bag of 8 pounds of seeds. If this method does not suit you or your needs, please send me an email: info@sprouthouse.com