Garden & Animals · Part of Gardening
Balcony Gardening
Everything lives in pots, so watering works nothing like a garden
The difference from ground planting is the container: roots are confined to a small volume that can dry out in a single summer day, so watering is far more frequent than in a bed and one missed day can be fatal. Bigger pots are easier. Wind and reflected heat make a high balcony harsher than an open garden.
First stepGet a generously sized pot and a bag of potting mix, grow one herb on the balcony, and water only when the soil is dry two centimetres down, for a month.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $300–2k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Light
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
same as parent · Gardening
One session takes
1–2 hours
same as parent · Gardening
Where
At home
Why people take it up