Hello my friend, thank you for stopping by!
I could grow things outside, but it's a shared living space with more obstacles than I'm willing to deal with, so I've decided not to grow things outdoors.
I agree that the biodiversity would be better outdoors for vegetables but I've been successful with peppers indoors. I know I can at least grow some decent peppers in this environment, but I'm not sure about the tomatoes and other plants.
Or is it, that you want to grow eatables in the wintertime? I wonder how this works and am interested where it goes with artificial light and fertilization. I am somewhat skeptical about that, for I think it needs wind, air, insects and all that jazz to have healthy vegetables etc.
For me it's more the hobby that I enjoy, rather than trying to create a complete self sustaining food source. To do so would require that I don't grow cannabis because cannabis takes up so much space. Being that cannabis is my primary hobby, it's going to take precedence regardless of what happens with the vegetables.
Do you compost your leftovers from the cooking? Like the peels from potatoes, cucumbers, carrots etc. etc?
I never have , but only things like dead leaves and eggshells into a small damp bucket that I keep covered. Maybe I could try some heavier composting with some peels from potatoes and other things, that's a great idea because buying bags of soil is pretty expensive after a while. I like to recycle the soil as much as I can.
I would love to grow bonsai plants too, this is an unexplored passion of sorts, along with growing cacti varieties and succulents. I don't have any cacti yet but want to get some.
Thanks for your amazing thoughtful comment my friend, it's always a joy to see you :)
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I don't know about indoor composting though, I have no experience with that. I have a compost on my balcony that I feed with organic kitchen waste, with dry leaves of the plant residues that grow on the balcony and mixed with soil to speed up the decomposition a bit. It needs dry and moist in equal measure.
That you are most interested in the cannabis harvest is obvious. LOL
Yes, growing your own fruits and veggies would take up a larger space. From my childhood I experienced my parents' garden and it was a lot of work, on the other hand, once you get the hang of it, then again, it wasn't.
I think, the willingness to do and be motivated to try new things, for example, is when people near you have a great interest in them themselves and "drag" you with them. HaHa!
Sincere greetings to you!