Tommy V Foods LLCFood made from the finest ingredients

Every since I started my food business, the ultimate goal was to grow my own produce for my salsa, TommyV’s Salsa. The one obstacle I had to overcome was where to grow my produce. I have a certified kitchen in my home to make my delicious salsa but I live in a 900 square foot space on the 10th floor with a balcony.  Looking around my place for available space I decided to turn the dining room into the area where I will grow my produce.  Rearranging the dining room was not too bad, but finding space to store what was in the dining room was a bit challenging. After spending hours coming up with creative ways to store things, I finally have space to start growing.  To put it all in perspective, it was mid October of 2009 when I started my urban indoor garden. I planted from seed, tomatoes and bell peppers to see if it was all possible.

I started the seeds in the paper type  egg cartons. I place the egg cartons into vented plastic bins and placed it on top of a heating pad. Within a week I had seedlings sprouting. I then place all the seedlings into a large plastic tub and constructed a structure to hang my grow lights.