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Imagine harvesting crisp lettuce, crunchy kale, or peppery arugula without stepping out of your flat. Hydroponics turns this into reality, giving you nutritious, homegrown greens in any season. Here are eight simple tips to help you get started.

Delhi-based pastry chef Kishi Arora has a green oasis growing on her terrace that is popular on the internet. With sunflowers, grapevines and exotic plants sourced from the world over, she is weaving a green path of her own.

Si-Mar Vertical Farms started by Sindu Pandalai and Amarjeet Pardhi in Gurugram is a hydroponics farm that was born because of the need to eat good salads.

After working for 17 years in the aviation industry, Ann Vinya Thomas decided to set forth on a revolutionary path by becoming a small-scale urban farmer.

“You are what you eat,” they say. And that’s what Ajay Naik, a Goa-based hydroponic farmer, believes in. After quitting his job and giving up his company, this software engineer decided to help farmers across India learn about hydroponics and the use of technology in agriculture.

There is a certain charm to growing your own vegetables, and eating veggies grown in your garden. Read on to find out about five winter vegetables you can grow easily in your own backyard in the coming cold months.