Thread: Urban Growing??
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Old 14-01-2010, 09:44 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Urban Growing??

"ImAJellyTot" wrote

I was just wandering the main reasons that people grow herbs and
vegetables, other than the obvious such as, better flavour, money
saving, human need to nurture, relaxation etc. ??


Add ease of access. I need a tomato? Green pepper, cucumber, etc? 5 feet
out my own back door.

Also i was just wandering what the main crops that people like to grow
are??


The obvious ones. Container garden here so the dog can't 'water the
veggies' for me.
- tomatoes, bell peppers, butter and baby lettuce, spinach, green onions,
chives, various herbs, cucumbers, eggplant, chiles, summer squashes.

I'm currently looking at existing products which 'solve' the issues
related with growing in an urban environment, so if anyone has examples
of products that would also be very helpful.


Long containers work well in apartment settings if you have a porch. I have
7-8 of them, most are about 1.75 meters long, about a foot deep and near a
foot wide. They sit on raised wood platforms so I don't have to lean over
to tend them.