Yep, being an apartment dweller has its advantages- like when something breaks, I just call the manager and it gets fixed. That's pretty cool. But, no equity, no back yard. If I did have a back yard (and maybe someday I will), I'd set up an aquaponics system. Its a really cool idea that is actually starting to really take off in Australia. If you don't know about it, here's an Aussie trying to explain:
I'll try to break it down after the orange hoopdy-do of awesome, self-sustaining organic agriculture!