In keeping with the spirit of our home garden, I decided it was time to upgrade the blog to an easy to remember URL, along with promoting how to's on container gardening. We do not have space or enough sunlight in our backyard to create a purposeful garden. Everything we are growing is in container pots on our front porch. I have manufactured them from 5 gallon pickle buckets along with purchased items such as the earthbox and waterfarm hydroponic systems.
By using container pots, the plants are kept off the ground and away from crawling predators. In the pots, the soil can be customized to our particular needs. Compost can be added as well. We are planning on expanding our garden next year. We currently use a relatives back yard for our standard soil garden, but contemplating using only container pots next year along with an array of hydroponics to further control the growing environment.
This is what I am doing this year on my front porch. I am using half coco (pre-charged with calmag), half compost for the potting soil. It is kind of scrubby because of the light exposure, but more gardening is always better than none. :)
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