It's been a month since I started my own little herb garden at home using [Ikea's Vaxer system](http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/S09201301/).  The short of it is: **It works.** Really well. The whole setup cost me less than $120 and I've germinated, sprouted, grown and harvested salad, water-cress and basil in just a few weeks. I'm a fan and wanted to show you the progress: ids="685,684,683,682,681,680,679,678,677,676,675,674,673,672" I'm so excited to have more, fresh and tasty greens at my fingertips that I'm going to expand my Ikea system with a custom-made lighting and tray system that I'll write about in the future. I strongly believe that growing your own food while living in a big city is a good idea. Next up: Growing pea, sunflower and hemp microgreens! Thanks for reading, Alexis