Growing Fresh Produce in Urban Environment: Tips to Get You Started
When you're a city dweller having a luscious organic garden may seem like mission impossible. Limited outdoor space, or no space at all for that matter is the main obstacle that stands on the way to planting a garden in an urban area. While planting veggies and fruits in the city is certainly not as convenient as planting a garden in your large backyard, but it's far from impossible and it can even have some advantages. Since they make the best use of small spaces, urban gardens are usually much easier to maintain than a large garden and as a result won't take up a lot of your free time. Furthermore, you don't have to be a skilled gardener to start a small urban garden. Planting veggies and fruits in a spacious backyard is a different story altogether and in this case having a green thumb is usually the key to success. A task like preparing the soil in the backyard, for instance not only requires advanced gardening skills, but also some basic knowledge in fertilizers an...