Remember when we planted last spring? It was outside, we were wearing our coats, our fingers were cold, and we were having so much fun. I love my garden, we love our garden. It’s been a wonderful experience for us, growing responsibly, eating responsibly and really enjoying it all.
Now, we don’t have a garden, we left it in Western MA, and while our little apartment building has a strip of grass that would make for a perfect garden, it’s also a litter box, dog poop pile, and gigantic ashtray for the other tenants. So, no way.
But! We do have an enormous south facing window. So….
We brought home some .
Made our Row Markers (plastic container cut into strips and a little Sharpie magic…)
Swiss Chard seeds.
and careful, careful planting….
Our view out the back window isn’t so glamorous (we can see the mtns from the kitchen window on a clear day!), but I think it will improve soon, it will be lush and green. Fingers crossed we can grow lettuce, chard, peas, tomatoes and basil in our apartment window. Any tips?
Iz wants to know where the plants are. So we’ll be looking for the everyday, keeping track here in our garden journal. Maybe in 60 days, we’ll be eating tomatoes.
Any tips from apartment gardners would be greatly appreciated!
This reminds me of your early gardening days. Tree – Tree – Tree!
Oh this is so lovely! Totally inspires me to think about spring planting. I’m going to link your post in a roundup. Thanks! -Christine
Good Luck! You will be pleasantly suprised! My Grandfather used this method of window gardening starting his seeds in February and would then transplant to outside once the seedlings got too big and the weather turned warm…He would use a little spray bottle filled with water to mist the plants every day…he would always say that was the secret…Container gardening can be quite fruitful!