subject: A Garden In Your Apartment? [print this page] With the economy costing more jobs every day, people have to make sacrifices. While for some sacrifices will until entail eating out a few times less per week or cutting down on movie rentals, others will have to make bigger sacrifices, such as moving from a house into an apartment. While it may sound extreme, with the loss of income some families are being forced into making these type of tough decisions every day.
One of the big advantages of having a house is that you get a yard, and one of the big pluses of having a yard is the fact that you get to have a nice garden. For those who are making the transition to apartment living, having a garden can seem like a dream whose time has passed. I mean, you cant have a garden indoors, right? Well, good news: with grow lights and grow light accessories you can grow almost anything that you could in your gardens from inside your apartment. All you need is a pot, some soil, a few seeds, some tender love and care, and a grow light.
So how does a grow light allow you to have an indoor garden? The key is in the bulbs. Grow lights bulbs give off a special kind of light that plants crave. You see, technically a tomato plant doesnt need an outdoor setting; all it needs is the nutrients that are given off by the sun. If youre able to provide that same nourishing light indoors then, bang, you have fresh, plump tomatoes. And no, regular lights wont work. Its the wrong kind of light, thats why you need the special type of bulbs that only grow lights can give you.
Heres more good news: you can put these grow lights anywhere. Its not like you have to set up these pots and lights in the middle of your living room, you can use a spare closet or corner. You dont need a lot of room for the actual grow lights, actually most of the room will actually be used for the pot.
And if you manage to find yourself back in a house in a few years, remember, grow lights can be used indoors year round. This means that while your outdoor garden is snowed in, you can grow fruits and veggies in the comfort of your own home. Why would you limit yourself to only having fresh vegetables in the spring and summer when you could be enjoying them year round. Remember: vegetables that you grow yourself always taste better.
