Hello gang, my wife and I are thinking about taking our gardens to the next level. While she already has some plans to move/expand our garden at home, I'd like to start indoor gardening while I'm at work (I work away from home most of the time.) I stay in a basement apartment so not a whole lot of natural light. I have no idea where to start, hoping the wonderful people here could shed a little light on my plight.

Many thanks.

Step one will be to shed light. Literally! You'll need lights. There's been a discussion in another thread just last week with a lot of information.
What did you hope to grow?

Depending on how much room you have, either a vertical (eg https://extension.okstate.edu/...) or horizontal hydroponic garden might work for you. There are lots of instruction videos on You Tube. Settle for just greens, and you should be able to round out your away diet - maybe even bring salad ingredients home.
Or, you could set up a tier of potted plants under lights. It doesn't take up much space and brightens up a basement flat like nothing else. https://www.amazon.ca/Bamworld...
Sorry for the advertising; you can easily make the stand yourself and use recycled pots.

Many thanks, I'll look into these. I was looking to grow carrots and spinach at first. I've read a little that carrots will need large pots to grow successfully. I figure that in my limited space in my apartment that vertical will be the best choice I have. Okay, grow lights, will be looking into that.

Thanks again.

Read up more about what crops are easy to start with. Lettuce, spinach, maybe. Carrots, I'm just not sure.
And look for .edu or .org sources, NOT .com articles which now more than ever could be complete nonsense. Such as:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl....

mrmaximum777 said: Many thanks, I'll look into these. I was looking to grow carrots and spinach at first. I've read a little that carrots will need large pots to grow successfully. I figure that in my limited space in my apartment that vertical will be the best choice I have.

Lettuce and spinach like cool weather. I have not had much luck with spinach in a hydroponic tank, but lettuce did okay; mustard, beet greens and kale were my best crops. you might also consider strawberries.
For carrots, you definitely need earth and deep container. 5gallon bins could work.
Do a little research and decide what's best for your space and lifestyle.
I wish you all possible success!

And there are even "micro dwarf" tomatoes that stay small enough (less than a foot tall) that they are suitable for growing under lights; I had good luck with 'Red Robin' over the past winter (using 4-foot LED shop lights).