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You might try getting some grow lights from your hardware store or garden supply,check for different sizes to find which will work for you. While grow lights may not be cost effective you may be able to grow a few plants indoors.perhaps you could start some plants indoors & plant them outdoors later. You might try lettuce in a windowbox and parsley & chives in pots to start. Try experimenting with additional plants to see what works. Good luck!

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Walmart would be the cheapest… However, you could check for online coupons and watch for sales at Lowe’s and Home Depot. Nurseries tend to be a bit pricier.

As an annual flower, Marigolds are pretty easy to plant and take little fuss to grow. Just clip off the dead flowers and you will be rewarded with even more blooms.

Wave Petunia would be another pretty flower with little fuss…they plant them in abundance around my city they are inexpensive and give off quite a show for months.

Another favorite is Alyssum…very fragrent low growing border plant. Although this is an annual it reseeds itself and comes back year after year.

They all need to be watered. At least 2 or 3 times a week if the weather gets above 90.

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My favorite go to web site for all my gardening questions.
Have fun… You and your children are building some good memories.

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Herbs is the only thing that you can grow indoors. Produce must be grown in a green house or outside. You cannot grow produce under lights or in window sills indoors.
You can however grow some produce in containers on a balcony if it gets direct sun for 6 or more hours. Don’t waste you time trying anything other than herbs indoors.

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Growing some vegetables can be really rewarding if you like growing plants. You can use a container or plant in the yard. What you can grow depends on your climate. I grow fruit trees and have berries. If you can grow extra food, you can barter with it for other goods. If you freeze and/or can, you can provide much of your own produce.

I used to grow beans that could be eaten as green beans and some left to mature for dried beans for soup or chili. Herbs are really fun, too!

The important thing to remember is that growing plants need water regularly. You can’t skip or your plants may die. It isn’t difficult and it need not be too time consuming.

Gardening can become a great passion and it can enhance your pleasure in cooking and eating to grow varieties you can’t buy at the store.

My best advice would be to start small and see how you like it.

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Try Sloat garden center out by the Zoo. Easy to get to and lots of parking.

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Most garden centers will have what you need or can order it for you. Just tell them what you want to do and they should be able to make solid recommendations.

Or, You can also get an Aerogarden (I’ve seen them at Bad Bath and Beyond or you can mailorder one), start your outdoor garden in it and move the plants outdoors or leave it as an indoor garden and then continue to grow indoors through the winter.
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If you have the room and the time then yes it is.

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In some cases, yes but if you consider all the expenses that are needed and the labor, the benefits are nominal. You do get much better tasting food, I can attest to that. The market for seeds have also gone through the roof. See the order catalogs. However, it’s not only for the savings that a person should have a garden, it’s for the advantage of being self sufficient. You should not use poo from creatures that eat meat in your compost, but it’s not very costly to make your own. Right now is the time to start one with the fall season arriving, for leaves and most people still mowing their grass, you can have lots of material just for harvesting it. Should we have a food shortage or by some catastrophe the food markets goes awry, you will be glad to have your own food supply. I strongly recommend that every able bodied person have their own garden. Our relatives used to come visit us once a year when the corn was ready for picking, so there’s also a social factor involved. Water is a big factor in gardening. Mother nature will not always cooperate when moisture is needed, so you do have to make some provisions to irrigate when those things don’t happen. It doesn’t take a lot of land for a family garden. You can grow lots of things in a small area, so good luck if you decide to go ahead with it.