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I have been thinking about your post. As far as starting an indoor garden in the dark, there are tons of possibilities. I guess I would really just need to know what exactly you had in mind as far as a goal/ requirements. Would you like to start plants indoors that you could move outdoors later or would you like to always keep these plants indoors? Are you looking for something edible or ornamental? Are you willing to invest money in a set-up that includes things like lights or would you rather just have a potted plant or two? How big of an indoor garden do you want? How much time do you want to spend on it? Do you have pets that might try to eat/ disturb the plants? Will any small children have access to it? Once we narrow some of these things down a bit I should be able to give you some more specific advise.

As far as a guild class goes, it would be an interesting thing for our guild youtube channel if we can ever get it off of the ground. I was thinking that we could post how-to videos and encourage our fellow guildies to post video responses of how they used the information. They could then ask questions which we could try to address in the next video. We could support the videos with guides posted in the guild. This would take a lot of work; It would definitely be more than a one person job, but maybe it would encourage other people on youtube to seek out our guild to read the guides (I think bringing in people from youtube to our guild was in the other thread?) What do you think? Did you have something different in mind?

I will be working on some guides to add, but this will help you get started.

I would start with something that is 1) easy, 2) can be kept inside on a permanent basis, and 3) needs very little light since it will be inside and you want to avoid the cost of lighting (you may not need additional lighting anyway if you have a bright area.)

I have a guide on plants which remove indoor air pollution posted in Neonascence which will help you narrow down the list of potential plants since you mentioned that you were interested in eliminating pollution. Two of the plants which are low-light and very easy to care for which I remember being on the list are pothos ivy and spathyphyllum (peace lily.) Pothos ivy is not toxic if ingested by animals. I can't remember if peace lilies are or not, but there is a link to a list of toxic plants in the guide as well. All of these plants are ornamental- it will take me some time to put together some guides on edibles but I'll start working on them.

Any more thoughts/ questions/ opinions please post biggrin