3 easy, healthy foods you can grow at home even if you only have a window sill

Talk about a plant-based diet.You don’t actually need a green thumb to start growing your own healthy food at home, promises Welsh chef and influencer Gaz Oakley — in fact, you don’t even need a garden or a yard.Oakley says there are several things you can grow inside your house or apartment with just a sunny window, some soil and water — and he handpicked the three easiest, most low-maintenance foods that have tons of nutritional value.“I’ve actually started doing this as an experiment to show people that you don’t need space,” he told The Post.“I think the most nutritious thing you could start off with and that takes up a limited space is microgreens,” said Oakley, who recently published “Plant to Plate: Delicious and Versatile Plant-Forward Recipes.”These come in lots of varieties and include cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, watercress, radish, arugula, radicchio, chard, spinach, chives, dill, endive, and herbs like mint, basil, rosemary, sage and oregano — all harvested when they’re small and young.Nutrients in microgreens are more concentrated than in full-grown plants, meaning they pack 4 to 40 times as much nutritional punch.Kale, for example, has tons of vitamins You don’t need any special equipment, either.

He uses a cut-open Oatley milk carton, fills it with soil and sprinkles in seeds.“They need just sunlight, so you need to be putting them somewhere where there’s sun, and give them daily watering,” he recommended.“I always say most vegetables are less sensitive than your average house plants.House plants are the most drama queen plants I’ve ever known.

You give them everything and they just die, and it’s really annoying.But vegetables, they’re a bit more resilient.”You can harvest these after about eight days when they’re around two inches tall, and they’ll continue to grow back over and over again.“They’re so nutritious and you should eat them right away that they’re incredible for you,” said ...