yes please experiment itll be good for you introduce you to bulks which i believe are teh way to do unless you have a lab but any who..... i found this and recommend it for 2 half pints. its like 3 quarts thats tiny youll want atround like 12 or somthin i dont knoww never tried one that small.
paint the sides and bottom black get some worm casting or to keep it simple some coir maybe some supercake mix blahtooo much man i am smacked or something i hav ebeen rembling all over these forums tonight