Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities worldwide, this book gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard greenhouse. The book includes an appendix with sources of seeds and other supplies, along with helpful websites and other material on home-growing and caring for your crops.