How to Have a Garden on Your Deck

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While I love all the fresh fruits and veggies of summers, I can’t say I have a lot to say about gardening! I’m often mesmerized by the gardens of others though (read: jealous). And I love summer eating from the gardens of others! The local farmer’s markets are my favorite hang-outs. All those fresh veggies make me happy. I wish I could have a huge garden in my backyard. But city/suburban living, along with a backyard that declines at about a sharp angle, just isn’t the most conducive to gardening.

So I make due by growing a few things in containers on my deck — mostly herbs, a few flowers and some tomatoes and peppers. It makes me feel like I’m trying, you know?

I need to take some more recent pictures, but as I write this blog post, a storm is brewing. So, here are some pictures from about a month ago. Everything’s just bigger and fuller now 🙂

I’m hoping to greatly expand my deck gardening this year to include lettuces, cucumbers, and other veggies I can use for juicing. I recently discovered this amazing thing called a Tower Garden. It will allow me to grow veggies indoors throughout the year. Cool, huh?

Here’s a picture of my friend Valerie’s Tower Garden, early in it’s growth. I saw one of these at a homeschool convention last year and it was huge when all of the veggies were in full growth. It even had strawberries!

Grow a garden all year long with Tower Graden

And a video that shows how quickly veggies grow!

I also found some awesome pins on Pinterest for container gardening. I’m hoping to use more of these ideas next year. I need to set aside some garden planning time on my calendar next spring!