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Step by Step Guide for Growing Sprouts as an Indoor Garden

January 19, 2026January 27, 2015 by Angi Schneider

A glass jar filled with fresh mung bean sprouts, grown using the growing sprouts method, shows green and white shoots with long roots, viewed from above against a light blue background.

You would think that for someone who can garden almost year round that I wouldn’t be interested in indoor gardening, but I am. Indoor gardening helps me fill in the fresh vegetable gaps in our gardening year. I don’t really have a great place to do much indoor gardening. Fortunately, the only space need for …

Growing Microgreens for an Indoor Garden – a step by step guide

January 19, 2026February 4, 2014 by Angi Schneider

A close-up of growing microgreens with small green leaves and reddish-purple stems densely packed in a container on a wooden surface.

Growing microgreens is a fantastic way to have an indoor garden all year long but especially during the gardening off-season. Although we can grow an outdoor garden year round, we only have a few months that are good for growing lettuce. During the heat of the summer, homegrown microgreens helps keep us in fresh greens. …