As much as I would like to explore each nook and cranny of
the Mid-Atlantic region during my every waking moment, there are times that I
need to remain home and get things done. I miss the adventures when I don't wander but the silver lining of staying close to
home is that I get to work on some of my other hobbies.
Tomatoes grown indoors after frost |
In addition to hiking, camping, and sight-seeing, I dream of
living a sustainable and small lifestyle somewhere off-grid. Currently, that dream feels as though it
will always remain a distant and hazy vision. A fantasy. Then when I spend time “gardening”, it
suddenly feels as though my dream of taking the middleman out of feeding myself
is closer to being true than I had thought.
For the past two weekends, I have spent a bit of time preparing
my balcony for this season’s vegetable garden. I moved here in the heat of the summer last year but even so, I
started a balcony vegetable garden almost immediately.
Cold weather came quickly and I moved my tomatoes indoors.
Luckily, I had great success with the inexpensive kitchen garden lighting I
chose.
I am so excited that another growing season has arrived and
I am working hard to make more space for vegetables by going vertical.
If you are interested in gardening (either in the yard or in
containers) I strongly recommend that you search out our gardening experts on
Squidoo. I am only listing four links to Squidoo gardening experts here. However, there are many, many more garden
gurus in our writing community.
- AnnaMKB has excellent tips about balcony gardening.
- JaguarJulie is the backyard garden contributor.
- A list of 5 gardening lenses of various Squidoo contributors
- A fantastic garden planter idea from angelatvs
I hope you enjoyed my brief break from wandering across the mid-Atlantic. I would love to hear from you, how does your
garden grow?
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