How to Grow Green with a Patio Garden

Container Garden

If you have a condo or apartment and long to fulfill your green gardening dreams, you can do so relatively easily. The term "green" means to use ways and means to grow a garden without harming the environment in a sustainable manner. This essentially means that you won't be using any chemicals or artificial ingredients to garden with. Because patio gardens are generally smaller than regular gardens, "green" gardening will be just as cost effective as garden in a non-sustainable way.

Things You'll Need

• Bucket
• Organic top soil
• Wooden planters
• Organic fertilizer
• Biodegradable insect spray

Instructions

1. Plant plants and seedlings in organic topsoil.. This soil can be dug from the earth or it can be found at virtually any outdoor garden shop.

2. Use biodegradable wooden planters for your plants. Generally any type of wooden planter is suitable, so long as the wood is unfinished and natural.

3. Collect water from rivers, lakes, ponds or even your own roof for watering. If you have well water supplying your house, this will work just as well.

4. Use an organic fertilizer when feeding your plants. These types can be found at virtually any hardware store or garden shop.

5. Use an organic insecticide to keep bugs away from your plants. These types of insecticides will allow you to directly spray your plants, yet are not harmful to humans or pets when an edible food crop is ready for harvest.

Tips & Warnings

• Maintain even moisture levels and water twice per day.

• Insects, dryness, sunburn, and bird attacks may all contribute to poor plant performance.

• Hybrid plants have varying ranges of resistance to common plant diseases including viruses and wilts.

• Feed your plants once every two weeks with fertilizer.

• Make chemical fungicides and insecticides a last resort. There's nothing like fresh organic hand-picked veggies!