A long time ago (ok, 6 years ago), we lived in a small third floor apartment. The beautiful highlight of this small apartment was its gorgeous deck. As an added bonus, the apartment had access to a communal sundeck, and we were allowed to grow fruit and vegetables on this bountiful, sunlit patio. I grew up gardening, but as I got busier in my high school and university years gardening dropped away to be replaced by other, loftier pursuits. This sundeck was my first foray back into the world of gardening, and I wanted nothing less than a fruit tree. … Continue reading →

Right now, I have a mish mash of pots and planters on the deck at the front of our house. Our back garden is quite shady and not particularly conducive to growing vegetables. However, my front deck is warm and often sunny. The vegetables love to grow there. As a first time container gardener, the first question that comes to mind is not always the plant but the container. What container should you plant in? The container that you use for your plants makes a big difference. First, there’s the cost of the container. This can be a huge question: … Continue reading →

As one of the many parts of my day job, I help run workshops on gardening. One of the most popular workshops is one on container gardening. Our city is expensive, and buying land is one of the most expensive parts of it. It’s no wonder that many people live in apartments or in townhouses like we do. However, many of these apartment-dwellers have thumbs that yearn to be green. This is where container gardening comes in. If you’re thinking of creating a container garden, you need to determine whether you have a suitable site. Container gardening frees you from … Continue reading →