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Hot Plants for Gardening Hipsters: Edibles

January 5, 2010

Yesterday, I trotted out some of the coolest up-and-coming ornamental plants for the gardening hipsters out there, and also for the rest of us that aren’t as cool, but still like beautiful plants that no one else has yet. Today, I have a few vegetables that will surely turn heads as people spy you tending [...]

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Join the Innaugural Life on the Balcony Container Gardening Blog Carnival!

January 1, 2010

Have you ever heard of a blog carnival? It’s when one blogger requests that other bloggers publish posts on a certain topic and then the carnival host(ess) publishes a post on their blog with links to everyone’s submissions. For example, Keeper of the Home hosts a blog carnival about organic gardening. I thought I would [...]

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Grow These Fruits & Veggies to Avoid the Pesticides on Store Bought Varieties

December 11, 2009

If the reason–or one of the reasons–you want to grow your own fruits and veggies is to avoid the harsh chemicals used to produce those pristine vegetables and fruits you see in the supermarket, then you can get the most bang for your garden space by focusing on these fruits and vegetables. That’s because these [...]

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Grow Your Own Birdhouse: A Great Container Garden Project to do with Kids!

December 9, 2009

I’m pleased to publish Life on the Balcony’s second guest post, written by Janet Luke. Janet is a Landscape Architect who has a Masters degree, with Honors, in Environmental and Resource Planning. She has a passion for sustainable design, edible landscaping and permaculture. Her website–Green Urban Living–is inspiring many urbanites to grow their own food, [...]

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Grow Your Own Figs: A Tasty Way to Save Money And Eat Locally

December 7, 2009

I’m excited to introduce the very first guest post on Life on the Balcony, written by Claire Brown. Claire–Plantpassion on Twitter–is a gardener and garden enhancer working in Surrey England. She loves plants of all types and especially those you can eat. Find out more about Claire at www.plant-passion.co.uk.
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Harvesting and Curing Your Home-Grown Olives

November 10, 2009

Ever since I posted about growing olives in pots, I’ve received lots of emails about growing olives. It seems a lot of people would love to have a couple of olive trees growing on their patio or balcony. And quite honestly, who would blame them? Olives are beautiful trees that create tasty fruit! So you [...]

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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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Asian Vegetables for your Cool Season Container Garden

October 9, 2009

As I’ve become more adventurous as a cook, I’ve discovered a whole new world of vegetables, leafy greens and herbs common in the various Asian cuisines. Finding those veggies in my local supermarket, however, is usually a challenge. And when I am able to find them, they cost an arm and a leg. Of course, [...]

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An Updated List of Herbs and Vegetables That You Can Grow on Shadier Balconies

September 9, 2009

Over the past year I have been collecting edible plants that will thrive with less than shade and partial shade. That is, they will flourish with four hours or less of direct sun, and sometimes with only filtered sun. Here is an updated list with all the previous lists combined, and also some new plants.

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Five Fall Vegetables Every Container Gardener Should Try

September 2, 2009

Everyone should taste a just picked fruit or vegetable at least once in their life. Preferably a lot more than once. If you’ve never grown vegetables on your balcony or patio before, or you want to get out of your tomato and basil growing rut, try one of these five edibles.

All of these plants can [...]

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An Insider’s Perspective on Community Gardens

August 10, 2009

No doubt all of us living in apartments, condos and on small lots have done the same arithmetic when it comes to growing edible plants. You look at your meager balcony, patio or yard, google to see how closely bell peppers or tomatoes can be planted (on that subject, check out this post at Fresh [...]

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Dwarf Fruit Trees Perfect for the Apartment Garden

July 31, 2009

If you live in an area with a relatively mild winter, you can plant fruit trees in late Summer and Fall in addition to Spring. The rules are more strict if you’re planting in the ground (it seems) but in my experience, you can plant fruit trees in containers any time they aren’t flowering or [...]

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