Quote Originally Posted by Grog View Post
While I can't have goats like GLC just yet, I'm itching to start growing a few bits of food this spring. Now here's the catch: it will have to be all-container, and very little direct sunlight. We don't even have a balcony. Some of it will have to stay indoors, in my study room (a few hours of direct sunlight) and the living room (lots of light, but none directly).
I'd like to grow some carrots, some beets, some herbs (mostly basil, maybe parsley) and I'd also like to grow some kind of bean that I could keep to eat in the winter. I'd be happy to grow some tomatoes, but I'm not sure where I could put them.
Are you saying you'd like to grow vegetables inside your apartment, in containers, without much sun hitting them from the windows? This might be impossible without some major grow lights. If veggies don't get enough sun and/or strong light, they will rapidly become spindly and not produce much of anything.
Though growing your own veggies might be healthier in terms of no pesticides, etc, you'll still have to weigh the cost factor. For example-
if you wanted to grow a pot of lettuce or carrots...the cost of a large pot/flat plus store bought soil plus the electric cost of running grow lights 8 hours per day over the pot for weeks on end, not to mention fertilizer....might be several times what it it would have cost to buy some organic lettuce or carrots at a market. Just something to consider.
Of the veggies mentioned, I'd guess that radishes, herbs, and leaf lettuce might be the easiest to raise in manageable containers under lights.