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Grow Food on a Windowsill

For beginners with no outdoor space at all: assess your window, choose a suitable crop, grow it, and work towards your first edible harvest.

You'll choose one crop — pea shoots, baby salad leaves or established chives — and follow it through planting and harvest. You pick one project, not all three.

  • Beginner level
  • 5 modules
  • 1 project, chosen from 3
  • Self-paced — go whenever you're ready

This course doesn't promise a year-round supply, a guaranteed yield, or a harvest by a fixed date — real plants respond to real light and real seasons. It teaches you to work with that, not override it. No grow light is required for any project in this course. You can start at any time of year; a brighter season generally means faster, more certain results.

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What you'll be working towards

A windowsill that's actually producing food you'd choose to grow again, using whichever of the three starter projects suits your space.

Course curriculum

Five modules and 11 lessons for your chosen crop. At planting and harvest, follow the lesson for your project. Open a module to see its lessons.

  1. 1Get to know your windowsillWork out honestly what your specific window offers — light, obstructions, usable space and practical conditions.
    1. Can You Really Grow Food on a Windowsill?
    2. Check Your Light, Space and Growing Conditions
  2. 2Choose your first cropMatch what you observed to one of three projects — pea shoots, baby salad leaves, or established chives — or get a genuine next step if none fit yet.
    1. Find a Crop That Suits Your Window and the Season
    2. Get Everything You Need Without Overspending
  3. 3Plant your first cropPrepare your container and growing spot, then sow or settle in your chosen project correctly.
    1. Prepare Your Container and Growing Spot

    2. Lesson 6 — Let's Get Growing

      Choose your crop:

  4. 4Care for your crop and make your first harvestWater and troubleshoot as you go, then recognise when there's a genuine first harvest to make.
    1. Keep Your Crop Growing
    2. What If Something Goes Wrong?

    3. Lesson 9 — Your First Harvest

      Choose your crop:

  5. 5Keep growing with confidenceReflect honestly on what happened, and decide what to grow next.
    1. What Did Your First Crop Teach You?
    2. What Could You Grow Next?

Before you begin

  • A windowsill with some daylight — no grow light needed for any project in this course
  • A container and some peat-free multi-purpose compost
  • You'll follow one project through the course, not all three
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