Why Growing Gardens Indoors is Best

By Shannon Frye, published Oct 05, 2007
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One good reason that people grow gardens inside is because of bugs. When left outdoors, your garden can experience many different problems. Perhaps the neighbors dog comes over and pees in your garden while you are at work. You never know what goes on in your garden, unless you film it. Bugs can get into your garden and start to eat all of your fruits and vegetables. Many different things are ruined by different bugs such as earwigs, beetles and other insects. Not to mention it's not pleasant to find bugs in your fruits and veggies before you eat them (such as grapes). If you grow these fruits and vegetables indoors you know what you are eating.

Sometimes we worry about chemicals and harmful things being on our food. How do we know that the neighbor spraying his lawn with pesticides will not float over to our gardens? We can't see what goes on in our gardens most of the time and many things are possible. Many different animals are attracted to fruits and veggies. Would you leave your watermelon outside for a couple of days before we finally eat it? Perhaps we would if it was a whole watermelon but what about your grapes or tomatos?

Having a garden indoors is great because it's easy. We can water the garden at any time through out the day. You are probably going to water an indoor garden more often than you would an outdoor garden. When you come home from a stressful day of work you will be more apt to water your indoor garden than your outdoor garden. You will not have to drag the hose around or stand there for a half an hour watering. You can also keep an eye on the garden to see what is going on. You wont need to worry about bugs or pesticides.

You will also be able to have fresh food all the time. Indoor gardens will usually continue to grow and you can snip off pieces of what you need when you need it, without wasting an entire fruit or vegetable such as lettuce. Indoor gardens are easier to take care of. You can purchase the Aero Garden and keep several of them in your home. With your garden being indoors, you will see the fruits and vegetables that are ripe before they fall on the ground and rot.

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