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Veggies sized right for a small- space garden; plus, a recipe using the teeny Thai eggplant
Adaptability. To my way of thinking, it’s the most important tenet of urban gardening.
Translation: assess your space and find plants that work within said space.
I have a 5 x 12 foot balcony, so I can’t plant towering fruit trees or endless rows of corn. I can’t grow the huge purple aubergine so fabulous in eggplant parmesan, but I can grow the tiny but Read the rest of this entry »
Care and maintenance of plants in the urban container garden
The dead blooms on this geranium need to be removed for aesthetics and to promote new flower production. (Click on image to enlarge.)
I remove the flowers that form on herbs like this Thai basil periodically.
In some respects, we urban container gardeners have it easier than those of you with lush, never-ending yard gardens.
For example, there are no raccoons, squirrels or deer nibbling away at the plants of my 10th-floor Chicago balcony garden. And I never have the wits scared out of me by slithering soft-bodied invertebrates or slippery gastropods.
Weeds? Unless delivered by way of a seed dropped as one of our feathered friends buzzes overhead, weeds just don’t exist in my world.
But, in order to keep our small verdant spaces looking pristine throughout a long summer, even container gardeners have to suffer through deadheading and other routine upkeep necessary Read the rest of this entry »
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