January 21 , 2016
Gardening for Renters (Or Anyone) |Sustainable Food Center
Most of us start gardening in apartments , condo and rental houses . As new graduates ( and newlyweds ) Greg and I lease a duplex . I planted a few annuals and picked up this ( crummy ) ammo box at a military nimiety shop to instal my first herbs . Our pup , Shauna , promptly dug them up while my back was turned . Even if we wind up “ have ” a home plate , we can drag our container and sentimental plants along with us . talented plants follow us along our timeline . This Hawaiian Ti plant life ( Cordyline fruticosa ) from Randy Case has been on my sentinel only a few years . Snuggled into the house this winter , it ’s actually flowering ! And obviously needs to be pot up this year . . .And yes , that ’s a bougainvillea I brought in , too , during cold - charm patio picture . After dropping its leaves in a snit , it staked its winter blot deep down by blooming .
Once you make a classifiable hypertufa container , you know it ’ll never get leave behind on moving day . Viewer mental picture give way to Johnny Whitworthfor his unequaled pattern that accent his wizardly garden . I just adore how he pepped up his home ’s terrace with an Alamo décor!For gardeners on the go , Amanda Moon fromIt ’s About Thymespares renter “ dirt - loss ” with inexpensive , portable solution . Galvanized containers punch with holes make precious , low - price planter . Even a tight budget can sneak in a few flower seed . Our intern , Emily , secernate me that cause plants and heyday in her apartment allow for her so much contentment . After those plant bloom , collect the seeds to have everlastingly and ever . Many of my larkspurs came from my neighbour years ago , who gathered seed from his mother ’s garden!And whether you ’re a tenant or not , check out Amanda ’s ‘ Cowardly Lion ’ begonia , a stunner , low - urine beauty that ’s been hardy for her into the 30s — but bring inside if freezing . Like all begonia , it ’s easy to spread . Even a renter or small - space nurseryman can grow yummy potatoes , especially those you ca n’t commonly get in food market memory board . Trisha picks the easiest , tasty spuds , include All Blue . Get her fail - proof white potato tricks . Now , we bonk that we ’re direct into the “ season of fungal disease . ” Last class really delivered a jinx , even to the hardy plants . Daphne analyzes Jennie Ostertag ’s troubled unseasoned mock orange shrubby tree diagram . Can it be saved?Find out how . On tour at theSustainable Food Center’steaching garden , acquire how to develop healthy food for thought with H2O conserving methods , even in small blank space . At a former due east Austin brick - piddle factory , they ’re repair stain and region solidarity through sustainable gardening methods . The teaching gardens exemplify design alternative to suit your just gustatory perception , and show how to irrigate them efficiently . Check out their ego - nourishing keyhole garden which use less H2O . They ’re ideal for gardeners develop on rock or bad soil . See how to make effective wicking garden for that terrace - sized stock tank . In their Quonset hut , they conduct form for kids and adults . It ’s also design to sluff rainwater into rainwater gardens , make full with plant to pull in pollinators for their food for thought crops . Get band of theme in the adjacent biotic community garden patronize by the St. David ’s Foundation , who live how unspoilt wellness starts with salutary food and practice alfresco . It ’s a very Modern garden , with more exciting project soon on the horizon . The longsighted - term photo on land donated by the Meredith family is a community Mungo Park and discovery adventures along Boggy Creek . Watch the whole storey now !
Thanks for drop by . See you next week , Linda
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