Gardening

Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?

Well not with any silly silver bells, I'll tell you that. And by the way, it's Marie, not Mary. But you got the contrary part right...

Anyway, this post is about my soon-to-be garden. I live in an apartment with an almost-completely shaded patio but I think I can do it. You see, there is a space on this apartment's property that is between us and the next yard and there is NOTHING there. It's just filled in with medium-sized stones. Plus, half of the area is situated next to MY bedroom window, so if I were to put anything out there, I don't think it could affect anyone else.

This is my approach: 1. Get materials for free by asking local restaurants that I frequent for any 5-gallon white buckets they don't need anymore (and maybe offer them a buck apiece). 2. Drill holes for drainage in buckets with borrowed power drill. 3. Put said buckets on rocks, fill with dirt. 4. Start a compost bin with wormies and stuff so I don't have to buy fertilizer. 5. Plant all the veggies!

Oh, and 6. Try not to kill everything with my less-than-green thumb. :/

I should probably ask the property manager if she thinks it is ok to do this first, especially since we don't pay for water here so it would end up being paid for by the landlord... But I won't bring that particular detail up. Hehehe.

Hopefully I can get this going over the weekend, but in the meantime I've got some reading to do about what kinds of things I can grow since I'm starting rather late in the season, and how to keep pests off without messing with pesticides. I'm hoping that the buckets will keep out most of the creepy-crawlies, and maybe netting for the ones with wings? I guess it depends if I grow anything that needs pollinating... Oh well, I should start small anyway. Wish me luck!