Balcony Farming For City Dwellers

Living in a concrete jungle, you can still feel connected with nature by growing your own food right in your own cozy balcony environment. Growing food just needs a little space, and even the smallest apartments have windowsill space for a pot of salad plants or a container of delicious strawberries.

For whatever reason - saving money, worrying about safe market food products, or simply enjoying the experience of growing your own food - nurturing balcony farming is not only practical, but also challenging and inspirational.  

Anyone can be a farmer. You don't need a green thumb to grow fruits and vegetables as food on your plate. It's really quite simple. If you have pots, soil and water supply, you can grow many popular edible vegetables. Most vegetables will grow in well-drained, rich soil and need at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day.

Here's a list of various crops (in alphabetical order) that can be successfully grown from your small apartment balcony:

artichokes
asparagus
broccoli
cabbage
carrots
cauliflower
celery
cucumbers
eggplants
green beans/peas
lettuce
leeks
onions
parsnips
peppers
potatoes
radishes
tomatoes
turnip
spinach
squash
strawberries
sweet corn
Swiss chard
zucchini

Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, dill, oregano, parsley, peppermint and rosemary, thyme

When our lives have become so complex, saturated with technology and materialism,  we need to return to the basics of nature to understand the meaning of life. By growing our own food, flowers or plants, we learn to appreciate and cherish deeply what nature has given us - nourishment, beauty and life.

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