Grow Your Own Vegetables Windowsill Challenge

Posted on 03. Jun, 2009 by Tracey in How To Grow Veg

Today I am launching the Grow Your Own Vegetables on a Windowsill Challenge to myself and anyone else who wants to take part!

I’m a firm believer that vegetables can be grown in small spaces even on a windowsill. The smallest space I have grown is containers outdoors and started a few tomato seedlings off on a windowsill. I have never actually tried growing radishes, lettuce and baby carrots from seed to harvest on a windowsill until now.

If you haven’t tried growing any vegetables yet or have never tried growing veg on a windowsill, this is your chance to join in the great Grow Your Own Veg Windowsill Challenge!

This is the easiest, cheapest, most hassle free way of growing lettuce, radish and carrots.
Most importantly you will need a warm light or sunny windowsill.

What do you Need to get Started?

1. Stewarts Budget Propagator £2.79 or a Windowsill Propagator (try Poundstretchers or Aldi),
2. Seed Tray, 3 for 99p
3. Seed and Cuttings or Multi-Purpose Compost 79p
4. 20cm Pots x 2 £1.99
5. 18 – 20cm pot saucers £1.38

Seeds Shopping List:

1. Carrot – Amsterdam 2 – Patio Veg Range £1 (Wilkinsons 800 seeds goes along way)
2. Carters Mixed Leaf Salad Seeds (Poundstretchers 80p) or any Salad Loose Leaf Mix.
3. Carters Radish – Scarlet Globe Seeds (Poundstretchers 80p) (100 seeds goes along way)

Total £10.54 (Wilkinsons and Poundstretchers).

OR

The Make Do List (Credit Crunch Special) – then all you need is the seeds!

1. Instead of a Propagator why not use a clean plastic takeaway tray or plastic box?
2. Instead of buying pots why not recycle fizzy drinks bottles or plastic milk cartons (cut in half) or wash out a few jam jars.
3. If you already have some seeds, even if the packets have been opened, try swapping them with others on websites like Garden Swap Shop.

For more great recycling ideas and tips please visit Mend it and Make it.
Its a lovely blog packed with useful ideas to re-use and recycle at home and in the garden.

If you are already growing vegetables on a windowsill,
I want to hear from you!

Please send me your photo’s, experiences, tips and blog links and I will post them here as part of the GYO Veg Windowsill Challenge. Please contact me by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post.

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Tags: Carrot,, Lettuce,, Radish,, Windowsill