Container gardening

Aug 3rd, 2007

Yup! I have a thriving vegetable garden in our balcony. We live on the 14th floor of a high rise and this summer is the second time I have tried to test my “green thumb”. Last year it was a flower garden. This year I decided to go for vegetable garden. I bought all the seeds, and the experience of watching what you sow grow and blossom, is so exciting and fulfilling. I got herbs(parsley, cilantro and basil), okra, long beans(sitaw), green beans and eggplant. I did harvest some broccoli rabe 2 weeks ago for the second time but I decided, that was it for this veggie. I learned you have to sow seeds again and I didn’t want to do it anymore.

I just hope they continue to survive the heat and occasional wind gusts when there are thunderstorms. We live near the ocean and the wind gusts are sometimes strong.

So now, here’s proof that gardening in a pot works…