Ideas for Apartment Gardening
Everyone loves being outdoors, communing with nature, the vibrant colours, open air, feel of soil under their feet as well as the satisfaction that comes with growing things. However, living in apartments might feel a little restricting for those with avid green fingers. But don’t let that get you down as a lot can be done even when living in a high-rise building.
Provided you have the will and a little imagination, you can still get the satisfaction of growing your own herbs, vegetables, summer flowers and even trees and shrubs! Gardening on a small scale can be enjoyable and fulfil too, the trick lies in container gardening which can be used in different ways – growing upwards, hanging downwards and even as the new, exotic vertical garden walls…
While balconies are great places to grow your plants, do check how much sun it gets as some plants require more sun than others. Then buy the plants accordingly. Eight hours of sun is considered as fully sunny while less than four hours is considered as shady.
Next thing to consider for urban gardening is the type of soil to be used. While it’s easy to get a potting mix from your local garden shop, ask for the specific needs of the plants you intend to buy.
Sunny windowsills are great places to grow small pots of bright-coloured flowering plants like purple, magenta, red or deep blue flowers. White flowering plants look good on balconies as they show up at night too.
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