Vegetable garden on your patio and even on a small balcony Patio garden. We all love when our balcony or patio has some green plants on it. It makes the balcony look fresh and natural. You can buy some easy to grow garden flowers in pots or containers or you can grow your own organic vegetables! Yes, you can not make salads everyday just by picking vegs from your patio but first of all it just looks nice and different from roses and and secondly you can enjoy fresh organic vegetables for your breakfast.
Growing plans on small areas
There is no need in large garden or yard to do gardening. Actually it is easy to leave some free space for vegetables on your balcony or patio. All you need is to plan your future garden well. I have already grown parsley, fresh onion and dill in the past, and i can say that it is one of the best herbs to start with. Every your salad will smell wonderful with dill and parsley from your own small garden.
Advantages of patio garden. As comparing to growing vegetables in the ground growing in the pots and containers gives opportunity to move vegs from one part of the patio to another. Too much or too little sun? Just make some movements! You can add more holes for good draining. It is easy to control vegetables from pests cause you can take away ill plant and pest will not spread all over the plants by ground. It is easier to water plants and easier to give nutrient rich soil. Actually if you are gardening for the first time and do not know if you really need it and can do it, it is a good idea to start with a small garden in pots.
How to make a patio garden?
Buy seeds of the most popular and easy to grow vegetables. They are tomatoes ( cherry type possible ), cucumbers, pepper and beans.
When buying seeds check sizes of already grown vegetables. You need containers that will be big enough for grown plants. Tomatoes need the largest containers but you can grow cherry tomato as an alternative to big ones. Small pots will be enough for growing peppers. Try to keep peppers away from other plants, the reason is that they are attacked by pests more that the other vegetables.
Tomatoes, bean and cucumbers need trellises, poles and cages. You can buy containers ready for these types of vegetables. You can put containers with these vegetables to one side of patio so it will look like a natural green fence.
Do not forget about fertilizer and regular watering. It is not like growing flowers and fruit trees. Vegetable taste depend how good you water it. Be careful with growing hot pepper, do not put it on the floor if you have small children who can find it and eat it. It is better to make some shelves or put it on some furniture units for safety.
Growing plans on small areas
There is no need in large garden or yard to do gardening. Actually it is easy to leave some free space for vegetables on your balcony or patio. All you need is to plan your future garden well. I have already grown parsley, fresh onion and dill in the past, and i can say that it is one of the best herbs to start with. Every your salad will smell wonderful with dill and parsley from your own small garden.
Advantages of patio garden. As comparing to growing vegetables in the ground growing in the pots and containers gives opportunity to move vegs from one part of the patio to another. Too much or too little sun? Just make some movements! You can add more holes for good draining. It is easy to control vegetables from pests cause you can take away ill plant and pest will not spread all over the plants by ground. It is easier to water plants and easier to give nutrient rich soil. Actually if you are gardening for the first time and do not know if you really need it and can do it, it is a good idea to start with a small garden in pots.
How to make a patio garden?
Buy seeds of the most popular and easy to grow vegetables. They are tomatoes ( cherry type possible ), cucumbers, pepper and beans.
When buying seeds check sizes of already grown vegetables. You need containers that will be big enough for grown plants. Tomatoes need the largest containers but you can grow cherry tomato as an alternative to big ones. Small pots will be enough for growing peppers. Try to keep peppers away from other plants, the reason is that they are attacked by pests more that the other vegetables.
Tomatoes, bean and cucumbers need trellises, poles and cages. You can buy containers ready for these types of vegetables. You can put containers with these vegetables to one side of patio so it will look like a natural green fence.
Do not forget about fertilizer and regular watering. It is not like growing flowers and fruit trees. Vegetable taste depend how good you water it. Be careful with growing hot pepper, do not put it on the floor if you have small children who can find it and eat it. It is better to make some shelves or put it on some furniture units for safety.
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