Gardening Tips For Urban Home Owners In Tight Spaces
Rural areas give home owners the choice to start up a garden at will. For relatively little money, you could start a garden and watch it thrive. Urban areas are less forgiving to gardeners. However, you can still make your own garden and watch it grow even if you live in a small apartment area.
Apartments are hard to get light into, even with windows. During winter it's not possible to keep plants out in the sun on the window sill due to extreme weather. Luckily we can recreate the effect the Sun has on our plants by using approved lighting sources. Try to allot a certain part of your apartment, or even an entire room, to your small garden. That way the light won't interfere with your normal routine.
If you still crave the open areas that a real garden provides, community gardens are an option. If you live at a condo, you will have better odds at creating a garden since you have a stake in the building. The garden would probably have restrictions on what is grown and where, but you and the real estate on which you live will both see a better outlook from the experience of a community garden.
Any type of garden that can ease your dependence on grocery stores is a good garden indeed! Some common plants that do well on the inside that also provide food would be small tomato plants, Lettuce is also a great addition if you have a bit of space in which to grow it. Of course, spices like mint and thyme are just as good too.
Duplexes are great since they allow you to have a small pet. In the case of gardening, you can raise a couple of chickens in order to get fertilizer for your plants. Chickens have to be fed and properly cared for, so if you don't have the time, this is probably not a good option. Instead, buying the fertilizer yourself would save you time and effort that you would otherwise exert.
Even long vines that you wouldn't think would look good in an apartment can look great in a room if expertly placed. The vines can be stretched out to make a border around a room or make for a decorative centerpiece for the living room. Decorative plants are just as good as food bearing plants, and are a sheer joy to maintain over the lonely winter months.
In Conclusion
Apartments are cheap and work well for what you need when in the city. You don't need your own real estate to get started with a garden, though. Look out for more tips on gardening in an urban environment by visiting home and garden shops near you.
