Regarding the question of what one can grow indoors during the winter...

Generally speaking, indoor gardening is limited by space and light (and
sometimes temperature, if your place is not heated sufficiently). If you
have the space and enough light you can grow the "staples" of living
foods diets:  sunflower greens, buckwheat greens, wheatgrass.

Ann Wigmore suggests growing using hard plastic cafeteria trays with a
little bit of soil in them - say 1/2 inch or 1.25 cm. Many of the local
members of the San Francisco Living Foods Support Group report very serious
mold problems using this approach. An alternate method that avoids the
mold is to use the thin seed flat trays designed for seedlings - as used
by plant nurseries and available from them or via mail order.

Anyway, besides the "staples", you can use the seed flat trays to grow a
variety of other indoor greens:  baby lettuce, baby mustard, baby bok
choy, baby herbs (fennel, dill, etc.), turnip greens. Pretty much any fast
growing plant can be grown in trays.

If you have larger containers, such as medium to large pots, you can grow
things like peppers or tomatoes indoor. Getting enough light will probably
be the major limiting factor; you may need to obtain "full spectrum"
grow lights for your indoor garden.

Regarding the question of sprouts vs. yeast: I am attending the SF Living
Foods Support Group meeting Sunday and will see if anyone there has personal
experience with yeast problems....

Tom Billings
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