Everyone should be introduced to basic garden principles using the square foot method. The elderly, the physically impaired, the time-limited person, and those who hate weeding will all find gardening enjoyable again using the methods discussed in this course. This method will allow those urban dwellers with tiny yards to grow their own flower, herb or vegetable gardens without having to tear up their entire lawn.
Square foot gardening is based on the idea that no one needs more than a 4 foot by 4 foot garden space to raise enough vegetables for one person for one gardening season. You will come to understand that you really need to plant only enough seeds for the number of plants you actually need; you won't be planting entire seed packages just because you feel a need to empty the package. This tactic alone will save you hours of thinning out unneeded seedlings. Your plants are spaced the proper distance apart at the very beginning. All you will need to do is keep the plot watered, and pull the few weeds that may appear.
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Growing Houseplants Under Lights
"Houseplant" defines any plant grown inside. It is important to realize NO plants grow indoors naturally. It is our responsibility to meet the plant's total needs when we remove it from its natural environment and bring it inside our homes. Growing Houseplants Under Lights teaches you the basics of plant lighting, selecting containers, choosing appropriate potting media for different plants, methods of watering and providing humidity, the importance of pH for both media and water, fertilizing, common plant diseases and pests, and selecting plants to grow in your conditions (or in artificial conditions you provide).
This course will help you determine if you want to invest in expensive lighting systems suitable for use in your living room or if you prefer a simple system that could be set up in your basement (away from the critical eyes of guests and other family members).
If you have been growing plants on windowsills for some time and are eager to grow more difficult plants, this is the course for you. Many begin with simple houseplants such as Sansevierias, and then discover a passion for flowering plants, or perhaps for special succulents, or even plants from a specific country. Once growing houseplants has become a passion (some would call it an addiction), you will want to create additional areas for growing your favorite plants. Light gardening provides this option.
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