| Many people who live in an urban setting think that | | | | you will be enjoying fresh peas and green beans |
| they cannot take advantage of the benefits of | | | | from your own garden! |
| having their own vegetable garden due to space | | | | You are only limited on what you can plant in |
| concerns. This is a common misconception. All it | | | | containers by how much time you want to invest in |
| requires is a little planning and creativeness to have | | | | maintaining them. You can plant lettuce and radishes |
| the same types of healthy organic vegetables your | | | | in long, shallow containers that you can have stretch |
| friends who live in the suburbs grow. | | | | out in front of window or along the front of a |
| Tomato plants are perfect for urban gardening in | | | | balcony. Lettuce and radishes are nice to grow as |
| containers and all that is required is decent 5 gallon | | | | you can constantly reseed as you harvest so that it |
| bucket with holes punched in the bottom for | | | | continues to provide you with salad mix. |
| drainage. You then place good-sized rocks in the | | | | Many varieties of peppers can also be grown in |
| bottom for additional help in drainage, fill with a good | | | | containers so that you can harvest them with your |
| potting soil, and place your tomato plant in it. It | | | | tomatoes and possibly some green onion that you |
| should be placed where it can get full sun, but | | | | also planted in a long, shallow container for a nice |
| remember to water these plants on an almost daily | | | | salsa. |
| basis as tomato plants are easily affected by a lack | | | | The greatest advantage of container gardening is |
| of water. | | | | that you are not pulling near as many weeds as you |
| The next vegetable plants that do extraordinarily well | | | | would in a standard garden, though you will find an |
| in containers (that same type of 5 gallon bucket) are | | | | occasional one here and there. Another advantage is |
| peas and green beans. It is the same basic procedure | | | | that the containers can be elevated so that those |
| for setting up the holes, rocks, and dirt but you will | | | | with limited mobility can easily garden without have |
| also put a support in the middle of the bucket for | | | | to crawl around on the ground. |
| the pea and green bean plants to climb. | | | | Root vegetables may be harder to get to grow as |
| These plants have runners that they send up | | | | they require space to grow down, such as in the |
| obstacles in their way to pull themselves up. There | | | | case of carrots, but it can be done with patience and |
| are a number of stakes or small trellises that you can | | | | creativity. Many people use those 13 gallon storage |
| find at local gardening centers that would be more | | | | tubs to grow root vegetables, because they are |
| than adequate. | | | | quite deep and will provide adequate growing room |
| Instead of planting the plants, you will put seeds in as | | | | for the vegetables. |
| it does not take long for these seeds to germinate | | | | Just remember that water and nice natural fertilizer |
| and grow. You will make two mounds, one on each | | | | to make sure your plants have everything to grow |
| side of the bucket and plant 2 or 3 seeds in each | | | | are all that needs to really be maintained and soon |
| mound. Make sure to keep watered and soon the | | | | you will be harvesting and enjoying your own home |
| new plants will start to grow and within 4-6 weeks | | | | grown, healthy organic vegetables from your garden! |