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Article: If you've got the light, you can grow an edible harvest inside your home.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Byline: Beth Botts
CHICAGO _ Imagine brewing a cup of coffee from beans you grew yourself. Or making a pitcher of lemonade from your own lemons. Believe it or not, it's possible _ not easy, but possible.
Though most indoor plants are enjoyed for their foliage and some for their flowers, some fruit trees can be grown in containers and, if conditions are right, may eventually produce fruit. All fruiting plants will need lots of sunlight.
"You want it in the brightest window possible," says Byron Martin, third-generation owner and president of Logee's, a Connecticut mail-order company that specializes in unusual tropical plants. Full sun, for ...