For home use I recommend an ebb-and-flow system like this one. There's little maintenance and fewer opportunities to kill your crops. The system is also relatively inexpensive and easy to build.

Seventh grader Elliot Moize, left, and eighth grader Sabra Lorrimer discuss an ebb and flow hydroponics project with their teacher, Kara Getty, at Tripp Middle School in Turner. Students in Getty ...

Planting Steps is a fully-functional household hydroponic farm composed of 4 modular shelves that create a viable ebb-and-flow hydroponic system for your living room.