When you grow plants without soil, but feed them through nutrient-rich water, you've got yourself a hydroponic garden.
In my experience, the plants are held in place by gravel (the roots of water-fed plants tend to be smaller than those grow traditionally in soil), although you can find hydroponics kits that use a bases of sand or even water.
Because the roots of hydroponics plants are fed directly, the plant's energy does not need to be focused on growing a root system large enough to find enough nutrients to survive. That energy becomes re-focused, allowing the plants to grow twice as fast as their soil-based counterparts.
Hydroponic gardens are compact too when compared to vegetable gardens grown in a traditional soil garden. Because there's pretty much no root system to speak of, the plants don't physically take up as much room. In other words, you can reap the same harvest in a hydroponic garden that is approximately five times smaller than the size of a soil-based garden.
This small size means that an indoor hydroponics garden can fit into almost any home, whether it's a corner in your kitchen or part of a sun room. It also means that the electricity used for pumps and grow lamps doesn't have to be a major expenditure.
Obviously indoor hydroponic gardens can be maintained year round, so you can enjoy fresh vegetables no matter the season -- and for that reason alone, it's certainly a type of gardening format you may wish to consider!
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