The Garden and Home Guide

If you live in an apartment or condo, it can seem like that would eliminate the possibility of you having your own garden. On the contrary, there are a lot of ways that you can have abundant plant life all around you, even if you live in these types of surroundings. I want to share with you some simple tips for apartment gardening.

Check with your landlord – Ask your landlord or community if you can have a garden on your patio or by using window boxes. These are often a great way to have mini gardens. Your association, building, or landlord may have restrictions against it in some places, so your first step is determining if it is even allowed. Ask to be certain you can have an apartment garden.

Choose the right containers – apartment gardens often require a great deal of creativity. If you are able to grow plants on your patio or other outside areas, you will need containers for your plants to grow in. For visual reasons, choose unique containers to add a little pizazz to your garden area. This type of gardening is often referred to as container gardening. Many plants and vegetables can grow just fine in containers. Be sure to do your research before assuming any plant can grow in a container.

Choose quality over quantity - With limited space and resources, you will want to focus on a quality garden, not one of quantity. Choose plants that are easy to grow in small batches, and than can still yield lots of great food, such as tomato plants, herbs and leafy greens.

Check the needed sun & shade amount – Make sure that you buy plants based on how much sun will be available for them and how much they will need to grow properly. If your porch or patio faces away from the sun and gets mostly shade all day, you will need plants that grow well in shade. On the opposite end of the spectrum, if your outside area gets lots of sun all day long, you will need plants that can survive in full sun.

Move your containers around for best placement – You can experiment with the placement of your potted plants to see where they do their best growing. You may notice that a particularly shaded or sunny spot will grow certain plants better. Mix it up and see what happens.

Utilize window sills of hanging baskets – Much like the tomato plant idea earlier, consider having plants that will grow higher to save space. You can also grow plants that lend themselves well to hanging baskets, such as peas and strawberries. There are many balcony garden ideas that you can come up with if you use your creativity.

Check into hydroponic gardening – If you haven’t looked into hydroponic or aquatic gardening, there may be a store or outlet near you that can show you how it is done, and how it can be a great solution for garden apartments.

Apartment gardening can be such a great experience. It connects you to your food and also to the world around you. It is relaxing and many people feel that they are happier when they eat something that they grew themselves. It’s worth looking into how you can make this happen in your apartment or condo.

Just because you live in a place that doesn’t have a lawn or garden space of your own, doesn’t mean that you should have to live without the joy a garden can bring. You may have to work at it a little harder, but this article has shown you how you can have all of the benefits of fresh produce no matter where you live.

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