By Cindy Naas
Many city gardeners don’t consider growing potatoes, since space is usually limited.
For a long time, I always thought that potatoes would remain one of those vegetables I would buy so as not to take up all the room in my garden with something so mundane as a potato.
After all, potatoes don’t have the glamour of fresh juicy tomatoes or the drama of dark purple Read the rest of this entry »
By Cindy Naas
The biggest challenge any urban gardener faces is that of finding enough room to grow everything.
Here are some suggestions to help you use every available inch of space. You might be surprised at just how much fresh produce you can grow in a tiny city garden!
1. Pots and Containers
Container gardens are the backbone of many city gardens. A pretty collection of pots grouped on the stairs to your house can hold tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and pretty much whatever your heart desires. Be creative Read the rest of this entry »
By Vanessa Richins
One gardening method that works very well for urban gardens is lasagna gardening.
I’m not talking about growing tomatoes, oregano and basil together (as heavenly as that sounds right now).
Lasagna gardening, rather, is a bed preparation technique that requires no tilling or digging. You won’t need a separate compost bin, either. It can also be used for containers.
The name lasagna gardening refers to the layering technique used to build up the bed. First, you select the Read the rest of this entry »
By Michael Nolan
One of the most beneficial skills that any urban garden tender can cultivate is that of listening to your plants.
It isn’t nearly as new age as it may sound, and I guarantee that once you have mastered the art your urban garden will reward you with health and vitality.
In my experience, the number one problem for most urban gardeners is that they stick to the ‘rules’ too much.
Urban gardening by its very nature is unusual and out of the box and those merry few who choose to partake of its many pleasures need not be bogged down by a list of instructions.
An old friend of mine named Dianne wanted to have a l Read the rest of this entry »
By Michael Nolan
The New York Times carried an article on April 20th — no doubt in homage to Earth Day — that featured the story of how one developer in the Big Apple is helping to bring nature back to the city.
Tishman Speyer, who bought the huge Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complexes from MetLife in 2006, is now spearheading one of the largest landscaping projects in the area. According to Speyer’s lead gardener Read the rest of this entry »
