Grown indoors to bloom, then moved outside as the weather allowed. These tomatoes were producing in early spring, allowing for a longer tomato harvest while the younger plants were still growing.

Gold Nugget Tomatoes. These were prolific plants. I pulled about 5 gallons of tomatoes from two plants over the course of the season.

Determinate. Grown indoors in a hydroponic environment.

From Burpee “Ornamental Big Gourd” mix. Harvested in September. By October, the center gourd was bright orange.

Glass Gem corn grown in a patch with Boy Scout popcorn seeds. It popped OK, but the scout popcorn that didn’t cross pollinate worked best. Really pretty ears of corn.

This is the first of several attempts to keep a garden going in the winter. This was an experiment conducted for my Master’s program that I have continued to develop.

Continuation of research I began as part of my Master’s thesis in industrial technology. The majority of the system is hydroponic, though a few containers are filled with potting soil to compare results.

Hydroponically-grown cayenne peppers. This is the second generation of peppers. I harvested the first seeds of gen 1 and replanted, again picking the first seeds to grow. It is my hope that this will “tune” the breed to grow best in the environment I’ve created.

Fresh, homegrown salad in the winter. Zucchini blossom, greenhouse cucumbers and buttercrunch lettuce.

When grown in deep-water-culture hydroponics, the lettuce can be moved to the refrigerator roots and all and left in a small bowl of water. This extends the shelf life of the lettuce.