I knew when we bought this house that I wouldn't have the big garden beds I was used to at our little homestead. We would be giving up keeping chickens and giving up the greenhouse but I was going to find a way to continue to grow some of our food. I think it's incredibly important for children to understand how much time and care it takes to produce the food we eat.
More than a decade ago I did some patio gardening in the apartment I rented. It was minimally successful. If I recall I grew spinach and everything else just died. This time I made sure to collect containers that would be big enough for some of our favourites such as carrots and potatoes. I then made sure to order seeds that we specific to container gardens. Here are some of the ones I chose:
I'm still trying to figure out which plants with thrive in which spot on our patio but so far I seem to be having luck with my greens like lettuce and spinach. We are starting from scratch with our strawberries and raspberries so I'm not sure we will get anything this year but we are settling in here for the long haul so hopefully we will have many fruitful years ahead.
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