{"id":4149,"date":"2016-11-08T12:19:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T17:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2016-11-08T12:19:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T17:19:03","slug":"growing-herbs-and-lettuce-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/growing-herbs-and-lettuce-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing herbs and lettuce indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted an indoor herb and lettuce garden, so that I wouldn’t have to buy a whole bag of lettuce, basil, chives, etc whenever I needed just a few pieces for a sandwich or recipe. So I bought two windowsill growing boxes, a bag of potting soil, and a few seed packets and got to gardening.
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Of course, plants won’t grow this well indoors without a grow light, so I bought a LED one on Ebay, and had to build a stand for it out of 2×2 lumber and 1\/2″ PVC pipe.<\/p>\n

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The light isn’t quite that purple in real life, but it definitely affects the color balance nearby.<\/p>\n

Things to know if you are building your own:
\nA single 10′ section of PVC and an 8′ section of 2×2 is plenty for one stand.
\nA 7\/8″ spade bit drills a perfect hole for a 1\/2″ ID PVC pipe to fit into.
\nA 3\/4″ to 1\/2″ T adapter will slide easily over the top of an 1\/2″ PVC pipe upright while holding a PVC pipe crossbar.
\nA 9\/64″ drill bit works for making a pilot hole in PVC for an M4 screw, but the screw is tight.
\nIt takes a lot less white spray paint to cover PVC than black spray paint.<\/p>\n

A video of the build can be viewed here:
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