The first year I planted a garden here, everything went to shit. No tomatoes off of 20 plants, no eggplants, there was some squash, but the taste was just horrible. No cucumbers... it was miserable. Not only did we get hit with blight, but we had like 28 days of rain consecutive for the entire month of July... so between blight, too much water, and too little sun, I had nothing :-(

Brought the garden inside last year. Started everything new, from seed, all indoors. So far, much better. I've actually gotten some tomatoes we could eat, we had a whole tray of lettuce... some small issues but I'm working them out.

Being inside though, I have control over what is in the soil, what is in the water, and how much light they get. Its still an experiment, this completely indoor garden thing... but so far I am pleased with the outcome. I think that my outside plants for the summer will be only the ones I cannot get to pollinate inside - the eggplant, squash, cucumbers... everything else is thriving indoors!