In article >,
"Giusi" > wrote:

> "notbob" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
> > On 2010-09-27, Mr Bill > wrote:
> >
> >> If you can find some small plants in the nursery, I would buy them and
> >> try to make them grow. As winter approaches in North America, that
> >> might be a hard project to complete. Plants don't adapt to our
> >> desires. Plants adapt to the length of sun...and winter sun is
> >> just not long enough to encourage growth and development.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the thoughtful insights, Bill. I'll try not to expect too
> > much and will mug the nursery ppl for more detailed info.
> >
> > nb
>
> Grow lights. Really.

And a timer. Really. At any hardware store (or most stores). Set it
once and forget it, and it runs forever. Cheap:

http://www.walgreens.com/store/catal...l-Daily-Timer/
ID=prod5639216-product

I have one on my aquarium.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA