hydroponic lettuce

hi there-
a bit of a different stretch here, don't normally talk about lettuce, but we've been trying to start growing a garden with lettuce, tomatoes, herbs. we even started a worm bin to compost bits of food leftover from dinner. of course, i have a hard time battling the bugs, the soil levels & whatnots, but i did want to tell you i came across a way to grow lettuce in your home and hopefully without the bugs!

ray kosaka and his wife janet are up at the manoa marketplace, farmers market on thursdays and sundays. they grow their own lettuce, hydroponically, and without pesticides. the lettuce tastes brilliant, fresh from the field, well, from the water jug... and it is also easy to grow. he sells kits, that let you set up seedlings, putting them in a 1 gallon jug, with nutrients, and bam- you let it go and in 6 weeks, you start harvesting your lettuce! the lettuce does well in indirect sunlight and away from the wind- i.e. a windowsill or countertop. go check out his stuff... and i'll let you know how the lettuce tastes in 6 weeks!
happy thursday.