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https://daily.jstor.org/three-ways-to-turn-your-apartment-into-a-sustainable-garden/If you have no outdoor options, you can green your inside space. Who says you can’t have an herb garden on your wall? Vertical horticulture goes back to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. More recently, living walls have become a popular trend, partially in response to the increasing urban population density.

Small planters can be attached to the walls. Because small pots dry out quickly, vertical gardens are best combined with an automatic watering system that is programmed to supply water to each pocket for a few minutes a day. You will also need to keep all that moisture away from the wall, so stretching a piece of plastic between the wall and the planters is a good idea.

https://savvygardening.com/7-steps-to-grow-potatoes-in-small-spaces/growing potatoes
Start your tater-growing adventure by deciding what variety of potato to grow. Russets are great for baking and storing, fingerlings are perfect pint-sized spuds, and heirloom varieties come in a rainbow of colors and textures (the potato in the feature image is an heirloom called ‘All Blue‘). No matter what type you choose, be sure to purchase certified disease-free seed potatoes from a reliable source.
Officially speaking, seed potatoes aren’t seeds at all. They’re fully developed potatoes that are cut into pieces and planted like a seed. Use a clean, sharp knife to cut each tuber into several sections, being sure each section contains at least one “eye” and an inch of flesh. Let the cut potatoes rest for 24-48 hours before planting. This rest period enables the cut area to callous over and helps keep soil-borne diseases from rotting the tuber before it can grow.
Put the cut seed potato sections on top of the compost/potting soil blend. How many seed potatoes you add will depend on the bin’s diameter. When I grow potatoes in small spaces using this technique, I usually put eight to ten pieces per bin. Then, I cover the seed potatoes with another three inches of the potting soil/compost mix. Over the coming weeks, as the plants grow, fill the rest of the container little-by-little with the compost mix until it reaches the top. This technique serves the same function as “hilling” does – it allows more stem area below ground for potato production.
The only negative when you grow potatoes in small spaces like this is the constant need to water. Potatoes need to be consistently moist, so a daily dousing during summer’s heat is an absolute must. If Colorado potato beetles become problematic, cover the plants with floating row cover.
The potatoes are ready to harvest after the plants turn completely brown and die. Allow the tubers to sit in the ground two to three weeks beyond the death of the plants. This resting period is necessary to harden off the skins and make them better able to withstand long periods of storage. To harvest, simply open the wire cylinder and dig through the soil with your hands to uncover the spuds.
70 to 120 days
It is tempting to harvest potatoes as soon as possible to enjoy them in meals but different varieties can take anything from 70 to 120 days to grow
Surprisingly, potatoes offer a complete protein if you eat enough, over 10 per day. But you would ultimately encounter deficiencies in vitamins A, B12 and E, and calcium and selenium if you keep to just potatoes.

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Rainwater Collection
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-setup-rain-water-harvesting-in-an-apartmentThere are, primarily, two sources from where you can collect water.

Surface runoff
Roof top
Out of the two, the roof top version is more popular because it is easier to implement. In apartment complexes, a combination of both is the best way to maximize the amount of water collected.
Conduit for transportation – Pipes or drains that allow the passage of water collected on catchments to reach the storage location. There are specifications for such conduits though. Drains on rooftops require a mesh at the opening to filter out debris and the ones that collect runoff too should have the ability to prevent particulate material from mixing with the water. All pipes used in rainwater harvesting are supposed to be UV resistant.
First flush – There are ample pollutants and toxic agents that are suspended in the air. First showers often wash such particulate material and rain on us. This water is unsuitable for any consumption. So whatever system we set up must be capable of first discarding the initial collection and storing only the water that comes in the later showers. First flush system makes sure that water collected during the first spell is collected and taken away elsewhere and not to the main storage intended for storing rainwater. Having this system in place also acts as a way to clean the transportation pipes.
Filter – Not having a filter system in place is like sending out an invite to pollutants to come and contaminate your stored water. Filters remove debris, turbidity, some microorganisms and sometimes color too. A typical filter system will have the following layers, in respective order – gravel, sand and mesh filter called netlon which also forms the topmost layer of the storage tank.
Storage – This is a component that can’t have hard and fast criteria. The storage tank often changes properties depending on the nature, amount, and quality of rainwater that is collected.
The collected rainwater often has two uses – direct use and to replenish natural aquifers. For direct usage, the water collected in storage tanks is supplied via pipelines and then finally to faucets from where it can be drawn for use. In the second use case, the water is often used to replenish ground water reservoirs like borewells, trenches or percolation tanks.
Another alternative, a rather primitive one would be to use vessels in each balcony to collect whatever little rain that falls there. A thin muslin cloth placed over the mouth of the vessel will act as a basic filter. This water can be used for domestic cleaning purposes.