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Frugal Container Gardening

Carnival: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Edible Container Gardening

by Fern on January 18, 2010

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I am so excited to publish the very first Life on the Balcony Blog Carnival! Thank a million times over to all of the people who participated. Without further ado, I give you a plethora of great posts on edible container gardening for your reading pleasure…

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Planning Your Container Garden This Year

by Fern on January 15, 2010

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This is the time of year when everyone goes crazy with seed and plant catalogs. Who can resist gorgeous photos of vegetables and flowers with equally tantalizing descriptions? It doesn’t help that the catalog deluge hits mid-winter when people are feeling a little cabin fever. But if you want to have a happy, healthy container garden that doesn’t leave you penniless, consider these questions.

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Three DIY Garden-Inspired Gift Ideas

December 15, 2009

I hope there are some hard core gift buying procrastinators like me out there, because this post was originally scheduled for last week. I just couldn’t get all the little odds and ends I needed in time to create these gifts in time. Luckily Chanukah is 8 days long and Christmas is 10 days away. [...]

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Composting on the Balcony: The Easy Way to Environmental Virtue

December 14, 2009

I am really excited to share this guest post about composting on a balcony, written by Hannah Katsman. Hannah shares techniques for saving time and money in the kitchen at CookingManager.com. A mother of six, she also writes on parenting and life in Israel at A Mother in Israel.

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Fullerton Arboretum Succulent Sale

December 6, 2009

I went to check out the Fullerton Arboretum’s Cactus and Succulent Sale this weekend. Arboretums and botanical gardens are great alternative places to find interesting plants at reasonable prices. At this particular sale, there was an assortment of people selling pups and cuttings from their plants. They were all really friendly and knowledgeable. It was [...]

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A Couple of Things I Forgot to Mention

November 20, 2009

I think I forgot to mention a couple of things that I think LOTB readers will be interested in. First, if you’ve held off on trying out the Soil Scoop for yourself, aHa Modern Living has provided a discount code (balcony) so that Life on the Balcony readers can receive 10% off. More details in [...]

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Adriana is Famous!

October 13, 2009

Local urban edible gardening extraordinaire, Adriana of Anarchy in the Garden was recently on E! TV demonstrating how to start seeds using only household items you’d normally throw away:

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A Moon Garden on Your Balcony

September 17, 2009

Gardens are wonderful. We all–or almost all of us–can agree on that. But what if you’re busy working hard all day long and by the time you get home, the sun is long gone? Can you still get any enjoyment out of some plants on your balcony? My answer is a resounding: YES! Yes, you [...]

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46 Pots for Under $100

March 20, 2009

My very talented designer/photographer buddy, Kaci sent me this link from Design*Sponge. Pots can be one of the most expensive parts of container gardening, so it’s nice to see that there are so many stylish options at reasonable prices. Check it out!

These Mynta hanging pots from Ikea are only $24.99!

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Make Your Own Aerogarden for $5

January 27, 2009

Always wanted one of those fancy shmancy AeroGarden to grow herbs indoors? That is, until you found out that they cost $80 and each seed pod module will set you back another $15. Yikes! You’d have to grow a lot of herbs to beat the grocery store price!
But if you’re a crafty type, there’s a [...]

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The World’s Worst Container Gardening Advice

January 13, 2009

Or, in other words, what NOT to do…

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Fill your pots with dirt wherever it’s convenient for you. I did this. Once. Things like potting benches sound quaint, but they’re not ideal for medium or large containers. If you are filling a big pot, it is much easier to put the pot where you [...]

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Food Stamped: Can Food Really Be Grown in an Urban Setting?

December 30, 2008

Over at The Jew and Carrot — a really wonderful blog about Jewish food issues and ethical, local, organic food in general — guest blogger Sarah Newman brought up an interesting documentary called Food Stamped about food stamps and whether you can really eat healthily on our government’s food program for the poor. In the [...]

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